I hope this is the start of the new politics I have always believed in: diverse, plural, when politicians of different persuasions come together to overcome their differences in order to deliver a good government for the sake of the whole country.
However, ethical, legal and social concerns may differ in other global regions, and it is important to understand these differences in order to facilitate international research collaboration.
Tearfund staff work with our partners to identify differences in order to develop appropriate procedures for joint work.
Are the words any more upsetting than our habit of manufacturing cultural differences in order to justify conflict?
Imam Dhari gave a special prayer, telling people to forget their sectarian differences in order to resist the American occupation.
Those involved talk of "pulling together", of "cross-party consensus", of borough, mayor and national government transcending their traditional differences in order to get something done.
Then, as now, I accept it as an accurate representation of an 1830s London where constables and cutpurses temporarily set aside their differences in order to congregate for a knees-up beside some tavern or other.
"Not all companies have the same levels of risk exposure and it is important to understand the differences in order to manage risk, to prompt engagements with company management, or to decide whether to divest," he said.
Consequently, he is incapable of overlooking minor differences in order to connect the impressions of one moment in time to those of the next.
"It really seems that both countries were willing to put aside their differences in order to work together to help save the polar bear," said Jeffrey Flocken, North American regional director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
In a meeting with Mr. Maliki on Monday in Tehran, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urged Iraq's factions to settle their differences in order to restore security and end "America's menace," according to Iranian state television.
