1.   But the rift is beginning to heal as both sides seek common ground.

2.   How did this rift begin?

3.   Strickland has wanted out since last season, when his rift with Carlesimo began.

4.   The rift began last November.

5.   The rift began after a match last year in Cincinnati.

6.   The rift has even begun to worry the third member of the Albany triumvirate, Joseph Bruno, the Republican majority leader of the state Senate.

7.   Rifts have begun to open in the organization over Burma, however, despite customary refusal to criticize its government.

8.   The rift began two years ago over a misunderstanding that split the governing coalition between Rawlings and Arkaah supporters.