Each form of fundamentalism creates a stark moral division between decent, pious types like oneself - and infidels headed for hell.

The president's decision to allow some research on existing embryos created a sudden and stark division in the large, long-reliable coalition against abortion.

And though they adhere, at least in theory, to a stark division between the sexes, they use those sharp distinctions to their advantage.

This does not mean that Marburger believes there can or should be a stark division between scientific and social issues.

His foes in Japan view it through the prism of Northeast Asia's stark divisions.

The country has been strained by stark divisions of wealth, by poverty and by unemployment, which has forced millions to seek work abroad.

The gaps in the government illustrated once again the stark divisions among Iraqis over how to deal with their Baathist past.

Mr. Bush rarely has to choose between stark divisions in his advisers.

Indeed, unofficial boundaries provide stark divisions between whites and blacks through much of Chicago, as they do in New York and many other cities.

At the same time, it underscored a stark division in Judaism over the place of homosexuals in society.