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Solving those squabbles will mean bridging the gap between two powerful institutions—SAO, primarily a research organization, and the HCO, which is more closely tied to Harvard’s astronomy faculty and therefore more academically oriented...
...have caused gross disparities among districts, often built on income and race. Even though the law desegregated schools, many blacks never made it out of the poor inner cities to the better-funded schools usually found in the suburbs. Carter sees affirmative action as one way to bridge the gap. Once blacks were free to go ahead and attend white schools, "they were supposed to be on the same starting line. But, they need some kind of help to get them into the mainstream...
ANNE GUST, chief compliance officer at Gap, on its candid report into labor conditions at its contract factories worldwide
...website also attributed the “significant” revenue gap to the Harvard Management Company’s low endowment payout and a flatlining budget at the National Institute of Health, which has traditionally provided grants that constitute HMS’s main source of revenue...
...most dangerous development that Americans face in Iraq is the menacing union of Sunni and Shi'ite radicals [April 19]. The members of the two main branches of Islam often don't respect each other. In Iraq there has always been a big gap between the Sunni government under Saddam Hussein and the country's Shi'ite majority, which was suppressed by the dictator and his followers. Now that Saddam is out and others are in power, both Sunnis and Shi'ites are disappointed and will start to fight hand in hand for an independent Muslim country. SIDHA BAGHAVATHA Bhopal...