1.   And now that the new networks, WB and UPN, are intentionally revving up the competition with black-theme shows, the divide seems even more daunting.

2.   But even with these high notes, the great fashion divide seems more defined than ever this week.

3.   But the French-English divide seems to taint everything there and no longer works in favor of the team.

4.   The divide seemed too wide, the context not right.

5.   The great cultural divide seems less bridgeable than the Atlantic when it comes to the perspiring arts.

6.   The racial divide seemed more uncrossable than ever.

7.   The same divide seems to mark the presidential campaign.

8.   But now that divide seem to be crumbling.