But bitter divisions remain, including a power struggle at the top of the 1.4-million-member union.
But the tests have caused bitter divisions among intelligence officials and nuclear analysts in Washington.
Linked to the conflict over the church's direction is a bitter division about how the recent decisions were made.
After a period of bitter division in national politics, our nominee is a leader who brings people together.
But it is clear that the bitter divisions in Israel's largest party have only grown deeper.
It would lead to more years of bitter division between the two nations.
The dispute has clearly created bitter divisions within the once sleepy association.
In the past, that kind of difference would have guaranteed bitter divisions.
This year he called for a national dialogue to bridge some of the country's bitter internal divisions.
And so common a thing as a river was the line of bitter division.