Word: gap
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Steady Martha Clabby finished fourth for Harvard and 18th overall, while Rogers was the next Crimson jersey to cross the finish line back in the 35th spot. "We need some work closing up the gap," Rogers observed, describing a problem that has consistently plagued the harriers all season...
...play house hockey have played at least one year in high school, often four. For most men, house intramurals are their first exposure to field hockey, and while high school seasons of soccer and ice hockey help them pied up the game quickly, they have not yet closed the gap in skill advantages...
...Leadership is not something you do just as a job," says Kissinger. There must be a clear call, a special spirit that binds men to their times. "We are losing the relationship between men and events," he says. "We must find those who can bridge the gap between experience and vision...
...most serious personnel readiness situation that I have seen in over 31 years in the Navy." The Joint Chiefs are particularly worried about the shortages now that Carter has declared it is U.S. policy to protect the Persian Gulf from Soviet meddling. There is a possibly perilous gap between intention and capability about which Brown was questioned during his first stop of the day, at the Army's Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss in El Paso...
...cope with deceptive practices. Americans as a whole so stretch the truth in preparing their tax returns that the Internal Revenue Service claims that it cost the U.S. Treasury at least $18 billion last year. An obscure copy editor at the New York Herald Tribune coined the phrase Credibility Gap 15 years ago to jazz up a headline over a story about L.B.J.'s Washington. Today Credibility Gap appears to span the continent...