61.   European Union officials hopes that the two sides can bridge their difference by having experts tackle these issues.

62.   European Union officials had hoped that by having experts tackle these issues, the two sides could bridge their differences.

63.   Fleischer suggested that Bush was willing to work with McCain on bridging their differences.

64.   Gordon, who is black and a relative political newcomer, pledged to bridge the differences between the majority black population and the white business elite.

65.   He expressed hope that high-level talks could bridge differences.

66.   He has sought to use the readmission of South Africa back into international competition as a way to bridge racial differences and unite the country.

67.   He has not been able to bridge their differences.

68.   Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs met his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu Thursday to try to bridge differences over the status of the Hungarian minority in Romania.

69.   If so, the meetings could let each side try to avoid blame by arguing that it at least had tried to bridge the differences.

70.   In the years since, despite numerous mediation attempts by the United Nations, Somali factions have been unable to bridge their differences and unite under one government.