So it is forging a middle ground between the democratic hubbub of Tiffany and the hushed exclusivity of Van Cleef & Arpels.

Each of the parties has drawn up its own map and it will be no mean task on the part of the contact group to forge a common ground on how much territory will be allotted to each.

A prominent computer security researcher has proposed a technical solution aimed at forging a middle ground in the increasingly bitter battle by Hollywood and Silicon Valley over the best way to protect digital content from consumer piracy.

Irenaeus himself tried to forge a middle ground.

Neither side got everything they wanted, but we forged a middle ground that passed the Senate by an overwhelming bipartisan majority," Reid said in a Sunday statement.

To the Editor: Re "Make Up Our Mind, Justice O'Connor" (Op-Ed, Dec. 26): Jeffrey Rosen devotes considerable effort to pointing out the apparent inconsistencies and "insignificant factual distinctions" used by Sandra Day O'Connor in an attempt to forge a middle ground.

Justice Kennedy, joined by Justices O'Connor and Souter, attempted to forge a middle ground between the positions of Justices Scalia and White.

As such he had been holding wide-ranging discussions with both the elected representatives in the state and also the separatists in a bid to forge a common ground for the all-round development of the state.

Plan Uses Software to Fight Piracy A computer security research group has proposed a technical solution aimed at forging a middle ground in the battle by Hollywood and Silicon Valley over the best way to protect digital content from consumer piracy.