Word: mending
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...interacting with people from both cultures, I hope to mend the gap between these societies,” he said...
That concern has become only more prominent since last December when Summers began to spar with West, allegedly about the quality of West’s scholarship and the role of race in college admissions. After that tiff, it seemed that Summers tried to mend some fences—until West blasted Summers as being the cause of his departure. As West made clear in his statements to the press, his decision was made largely based upon Summers’ failure to take any real measures to keep him. Soon, even DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis...
...captured in a gunfight in Pakistan last month, has made it abundantly clear to the American military and intelligence personnel who visit his hospital bed that "he isn't a big fan of ours," a U.S. official says sardonically. So last week, when the Palestinian fanatic, on the mend at a secret U.S. facility overseas, declared that among the next targets of Osama Bin Laden's terror cells would be U.S. banks along the Eastern seaboard, the Americans were inclined to wonder if he was merely taunting them. "He's a smart guy," says one US official familiar with Zubaydah...
...older, they start to seek reconciliation with their aging parents. And warring siblings who fear they'll be left with no close family relationships after the death of their parents are eager to reconcile with brothers and sisters. These two books suggest that simple communication skills can help mend the deepest estrangement...
Summers has refused to comment on personal conversations with faculty members. But he said he has made several attempts to mend ties with the University professor...