1.   Even those who attempt to split the difference are not too fussy about where the line is drawn.

2.   Now let me see if I can split the difference.

3.   And the result is usually a compromise where differences are split, interest groups are mollified, the status quo is maintained and everyone can say they won.

4.   Any real compromise between the latest proposals, splitting the differences on big issues like taxes and Medicare, would require larger cuts than Clinton put on the table.

5.   Because splitting the difference is impossible, compromise could be more difficult to achieve.

6.   Alternatively, each could offer its own baseline and the two sides could split the difference.

7.   But in some cases, negotiators have taken a long time to split the difference.

8.   But it is probably harder to find a way to split the difference.

9.   But she split the difference, voting for the Interior bill and against the Defense bill.

10.   But the perfect double-play opportunity disintegrated when Wells split the difference between shortstop Derek Jeter and second baseman Chuck Knoblauch and threw the ball into center.