But relations became frosty as the two capitals followed opposing paths over the Syrian conflict.
Another bildungsroman convention calls for a pair of mentors to represent opposing paths.
The outcome of the presidential election will determine which of two opposing paths the nation will follow on health care for all Americans.
Earlier, Mr. Jairazbhoy had observed that devotional tradition tended to divide along two opposing paths to ecstasy, which he characterized as the "heavy" and the "subtle" -- his terminology perhaps giving a clue to his preference.
In recent months, House and Senate Republican leaders have found themselves on opposing paths over major legislation, including NSA reforms. .
Unwilling to compromise between two seemingly opposed paths, each with its own attractions and impediments, I had chosen to have both.
During the 2010 Senate campaign, Rubio energetically courted the Tea Party, opposing any path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and also the Dream Act.
And he is taking a conservative stance on immigration, opposing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, an issue that could prove troublesome for Mr. McCain, who worked for such a route in the Senate last year.
Senator John McCain, a member of the Gang of Eight that drafted the original legislation, spoke of his support of the amendment to Fox News on Friday, saying, "If there's anyone who still will argue that the border's not secure after this, then border security is not their reason for opposing a path to citizenship for the people who are in this country illegally".
Chagall advocated more classical ideals and Lissitzky, still loyal to Chagall, became torn between two opposing artistic paths.
