In "One Singular Sensation," Kevin Kelly, the theater critic of The Boston Globe, accepts residual resentments as a given.

However, the Alliance failure to win more than the two seats in Ontario, along with residual resentments from the Alliance leadership contest and questions about Day's competence, led to caucus infighting.

There are too many obstacles, and there is too much residual resentment against Steinbrenner, who has said he will announce his intentions regarding a new stadium when the season is over.

Unpopular Housecleaning Some say she is being hobbled by residual resentment among Housing Authority staff members over her housecleaning in her first weeks on the job.

Several of the G-7 have residual resentments about the way the gulf war was waged and paid for.

Torborg, who repeated in strong terms his fury at Coleman's ugly challenge to him in the clubhouse after the initial incident Tuesday night, said he would not tolerate any residual resentment.

"I would not be truthful if I didn't tell you that I carried some residual resentment," he said.

"It didn't cement our relationship at that time," he said, "but there is no residual resentment."

The pace of play wasn't always brisk and crisp and perhaps there was residual resentment from the customers for the firing of Roger Neilson, who was replaced as coach on Monday by Smith.

Her voice contained residual resentment, not at all tempered by the passage of years.