1.   But the debate on the House floor during the joint session spanned a range of opinions.

2.   Clinton and Dole need to identify issues and concerns that either span the range of Catholics who vote, or have at least some appeal to most Catholics.

3.   Drawn from New York, Los Angeles and Birmingham, Ala., the couples span a range of religions, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds and relationship histories.

4.   His clients span a range of backgrounds, from recent college graduates to laid-off upper managers from tech companies.

5.   In one series of measurements, the team asked seven native speakers of Vietnamese to read a list of words that spanned the range of tones in that language.

6.   Merger experts also found it bullish that the companies doing the deals spanned a range of industries.

7.   On Sunday, talks spanned a range of topics, including poverty, officials said.