1.   But Armey said after the leadership meeting on Tuesday that the differences were narrowing and that he expected a compromise soon.

2.   Signaling that the differences are narrowing, Israel now says it is willing to withdraw in two stages over three years and eight months.

3.   The curve flattens when the difference narrows.

4.   The differences have also narrowed because some of the key issues have become too complicated to distort.

5.   The two sides seem farther apart philosophically, even as the numerical differences have narrowed.

6.   This time, officials say the differences have narrowed, and those that remain were statistically accounted for.

7.   While both sides struggle to hammer out political differences, the financial differences have narrowed.

8.   While differences had narrowed on some major issues, none were settled.

9.   People live longer in developed countries where income differences have narrowed, he said.

10.   Cooperation between Fatah and Hamas has grown steadily closer during the uprising, and the ideological differences have narrowed.