11.   But they split the difference on research cloning.

12.   Conferees settled on a two-year bill that essentially split the difference.

13.   Even if they could find a way to split the difference on ideology, lawmakers would have to pay for a decent benefit.

14.   Faced with a dilemma like this in the Senate, he would have split the difference.

15.   From the beginning, Western leaders struggled to split the difference between abandoning Bosnia to its fate and warring with the Serbs.

16.   He did not send up trial balloons, test the waters or split the difference.

17.   He split the difference, as team orthopedist Dr. Stephen Lombardo and hand specialist Dr. Robert Zemel gave him the clean bill of health Tuesday morning in Los Angeles.

18.   I finally split the difference.

19.   I suspect that Barak will now try to split the difference.

20.   I expect that Powell will find a way to split the difference.