61.   Barshefsky met Friday afternoon with Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng to discuss how quickly key differences could be narrowed.

62.   Barshefsky, who arrived Thursday, met Friday afternoon with Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng to discuss how quickly key differences could be narrowed.

63.   But both leaders came away from the encounter sounding hopeful that their fundamental differences could be narrowed.

64.   Bush also pronounced himself satisfied with reaction to his Mideast plan amid signs that he had narrowed European differences over his hard-line stance against Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat.

65.   But officials at the Bonn talks decided Friday to meet for two days on the eve of the Kyoto conference to try to narrow differences.

66.   But he could not do the same one minute later when the Kavala striker narrowed the difference.

67.   But there was no movement toward narrowing the differences on real issues like whether any potential deal will cover existing stockpiles as well as banning future production.

68.   But, he said he remained committed to trying to narrow their differences.

69.   Clerides and Denktash last met in Switzerland in August last year for U.N.-sponsored negotiations that failed to narrow their differences.

70.   Coalition talks focused on narrowing differences between the two sides on fiscal policy and managing the budget deficit.