1.   When asked what it would take to mend the differences between Marbury and some of his teammates, one veteran pointed to the coach.

2.   Pope John Paul II arrived today in the mostly Roman Catholic nation of Slovakia on a visit that threatened to magnify rather than mend differences among Christians.

3.   Despite various attempts to mend their differences, the French-Dutch dispute remains a major sticking point.

4.   Ethiopia has urged the international community to apply pressure on Eritrea to accept the proposal, saying there was no other amicable way to mend the differences.

5.   Justice officials from both countries have met regularly in recent years to mend their differences over the perennial issue of drugs.

6.   The pope faced two controversies in particular that threatened to magnify rather than mend differences among Christians.