1.   As December approached, John made a move to close the rift between his father and himself.

2.   But closing this rift will require dramatic gestures that go well beyond the meetings and public announcements of the last few days.

3.   The EU foreign ministers began a two-day session to close a rift on how to finance a near-doubling of the EU.

4.   The event concludes next Sunday and will be followed by a series of meetings intended to close a rift in chess.

5.   The event concludes next Sunday and will be followed by a series of meetings intended to close the rift in chess.