11.   After a short stay in Bombay, the family immigrated to the San Francisco area, where they maintained an Afghan life among the stark cultural differences of California.

12.   But the Sedway Kotin study said there are stark differences between Phoenix and Denver.

13.   But the stark differences still exist between the programs.

14.   But the stark difference in the two public images also comes down to a matter of style that, in politics, often obscures substance.

15.   But there is a stark difference.

16.   He was able to diffuse the stark differences between the old Communist system and the new democratic Poland by sending a message about the future.

17.   Interestingly, stark differences on foreign policy and trade exist within each party.

18.   Later, Khan attributes their stark differences in opinion to literacy and education.

19.   More problematic are the stark differences in Congress over how to set up a drug program, a knotty question that incites the deepest philosophical divisions in both parties.

20.   Negotiations between the White House and Republican leaders of Congress were making progress but stark differences persisted in some areas, President Clinton said Tuesday.