In a public split with Mr. Gaffney, Republicans in the county legislature said the leasing plan would waste millions of dollars.

But they also want to avoid a public split with the army, so they are expected to be willing to nominate General Pinochet.

Lionel and Brenda went through a bitter, public split.

The public split between the two men followed losses by the Bosnian Serbs to Croatian forces in Bosnia in recent weeks.

This left a bridge, with the Water Commission, engineers and the public split between a low bridge and a high bridge.

Family solidarity or a public split?

The 69 percent support level was only attained after asking an earlier question about the May 23 decision, a question on which the public split.

On the question as asked, the public split, 48 percent to 48 percent; 4 percent had no opinion.

Although Demi and Joe are no longer a couple, it's cool that they've remained friends ... particularly since they went through a very public split.

But the trio managed to avoid any given court dates after their public split in 2005 and agreed to settle behind closed doors.