But the phrase is still used at times to describe species that bridge a divide between distinct ancestors and descendants.
On the crucial issue of electricity, Mr. Domenici and others say negotiators are still trying to bridge a divide between Southern and Western lawmakers who do not want utilities forced to join regional transmission groups and those from the Northeast and Midwest who see such groups as central to preventing future blackouts.
These previously undisclosed sessions, which take place nearly every other week just across the hall from the Oval Office, are designed to bridge a divide between his campaign headquarters in Chicago and his aides in Washington in preparing for what Mr. Obama and his team anticipate will be a grueling race against Mitt Romney.
Schultz was touting his EFCA alternative as a "third way" to bridge a divide between two intractable sides.
(Smith) ★ 'Tête-à-Tête' (through next Friday) Organized by the New York artist Mickalene Thomas, this stimulating summer group show bridges a continental divide between African and American photography with a genre particularly identified with modern Africa: portraiture.
(Cotter) ★ 'Tête-à-Tête' (closes on Friday) Organized by the New York artist Mickalene Thomas, this stimulating summer group show bridges a continental divide between African and American photography with a genre particularly identified with modern Africa: portraiture.
Through Aug. 24 This interestingly textured summer group show organized by the New York artist Mickalene Thomas bridges a continental divide between African and American photography with a genre particularly identified with modern Africa: portraiture.
Accessories are a $20 billion market, said Allan Camaisa, High Technology's chairman and chief executive, and Internet companies are trying to bridge a "digital divide between the dealers," automakers and the Internet.
Throughout the Middle East, media companies and government projects have worked to elevate gulf talent and bridge a longstanding divide between the region's conservative ways and the comparatively more liberal attitudes found elsewhere.
This innovative approach helped to reconstruct the organization of production in a distinctive metal production landscape, bridging an enduring divide between landscape-scale and microscopic investigations of craft production.
