1.   At times, the negotiation process seemed like childbirth, as the two sides painfully narrowed the gap.

2.   Earlier in the day, Netanyahu said that the sides had significantly narrowed the gap on how much land Israel would return.

3.   Shortly before the tentative deal was announced, an official close to the negotiations said that the two sides had considerably narrowed their differences.

4.   The diplomat, Stuart Eizenstat, the undersecretary of state for economic affairs, told the Swiss president that the two sides were narrowing their differences.

5.   They discussed how the two sides could narrow their differences over the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor.

6.   Tuesday night, an official close to the negotiations said that the two sides had considerably narrowed their differences over wages.

7.   While the resumption clearly signaled a modicum of progress, there is little evidence the two sides have narrowed the gaps in their views on how to make peace.

8.   A senior State Department official, briefing reporters Friday, said the administration hopes the two sides can narrow differences and build as much as possible on common ground.

9.   After the meeting, Kozyrev said the two sides had narrowed their differences.

10.   After the meeting, Kozyrev said there were still problems, but that the two sides had narrowed their differences.