1.   If President Clinton finds it hard getting Israeli and Palestinian leaders together, it will be even harder repairing the bitter rift among their peoples.

2.   Now, bitter internal rifts reflect the uncertain future of this organization.

3.   The bitter rifts on campus did not end when the regents installed the new trustees.

4.   The changes are certain to deepen the already bitter rift between the software giant and Sun Microsystems, the inventor of Java.

5.   The process, which has caused a bitter rift between travel agents and the airlines, nearly always starts in a small, suburban travel agency.

6.   But the issue has cut a bitter rift between rich and poor nations with developing countries accusing Western nations of trying to protect their markets from cheap imports.

7.   Putin has said the mixture of old Russian and Soviet symbols would mend bitter rifts in society by paying tribute to the positive heritage of both periods.

8.   The demand underscored a bitter rift between the pro-Western Serbian prime minister and Kostunica, a nationalist who has resisted cooperating with the U.N. tribunal.

9.   The vast difference only refueled the already bitter rift which resulted in the rival races.

10.   Although the bitter rift between the teams has grown over the Parcells fiasco, there is no ruling against Belichick coaching the Jets.