1.   As Phi Rho Pi grew, a rift opened.

2.   A rift has opened among Republicans on the banking committee as to how the issue should be addressed.

3.   According to the early results, Catholic nationalists made a strong start, while a rift was opening among Protestant unionists.

4.   This week, a new rift opened, within the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

5.   When Clifford began to oppose Johnson on the war, a rift opened.

6.   A rift opened Monday in the right-wing Likud Party as former foreign minister David Levy indicated he was bolting to form a rival political movement.

7.   A rift opened Monday in the right-wing Likud Party as supporters of former foreign minister David Levy threatened to bolt and form their own political movement.

8.   Clark stopped short of saying a formal diplomatic rift had opened between the neighbors.

9.   Rifts have opened in his center-right coalition government over how to move Germany toward the single European currency that Kohl wants Germany to lead.