Word: gap
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...turn control of the spending of U.S. aid funds over to an international agency. Foreign aid is deeply unpopular with Americans. In a Louis Harris poll taken for LIFE last year, 69% nominated foreign aid as the prime candidate for federal spending cuts. Still a condition that allows the gap between rich and poor nations to widen steadily is basically unhealthy-and dangerous to U.S. interests...
With an advertising budget last year of $240 million (more than ten times its research budget), GM should have little trouble spanning the PR gap. Nader has been after them for five years trying to get the GM management to emphasize safety and environment in their research and public image. Perhaps the problem is that GM itself wasn't interested in reading its reports...
...given its own turf and its own shot-the camerawork never connects them, and the soundtrack stresses their diverse functions and attitudes. Cross-cutting between Daria's final drive to Phoenix and Mark's return to L. A. stresses spatial differences and dissimilarity of direction and movement, widening the gap between their futures. Except for two brief inserts when police are pursuing him on the runway Mark is never shown again-just the plane. He loses all force and identity, becoming a distorted symbol for the ignorant people awaiting him on the ground...
...Yardlings, who are coached by Benn Merritt, trailed from the start of the meet after losing the medley relay by a substantial margin. But they slowly closed the gap, mostly through strong performances by Watson, Lawton, and Tim Chetin...
...stretched his lead to perhaps ten yards as the crowd became increasingly noisy. Liquori, meanwhile, was running third, and made his move with a lap and a half to go. The spectators became even louder as he started closing the gap on Colburn and finally passed him just before...