In sum, a fiscal gap without even the excuse that it exists for virtuous reasons.
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Can the wealth gap be narrowed without slowing wealth creation in the U.S. and other developed economies?
Because of this, the personal accounts alone under Ryan-Sununu eventually closed the long term Social Security financing gap entirely, without any benefit cuts or tax increases.
Celtic's victory not only meant that they completed their 16th game without defeat but restored the gap over reigning champions Rangers, who have two games in hand and thrashed Motherwell on Saturday.
The Labor Department says the effort, disclosed in December, is necessary because 79.2% of working-age people with functional disabilities are out of the labor force entirely, compared with 30.5% of people without disabilities, a longstanding gap.
And the essential gap remains: without exception all Iranian policy makers, even the reformist Mr Khatami who may well stand again for the post of president this summer, insist on Iran's legal right to pursue its nuclear programme without impediment.
Len, do you really believe that the government bond market will regain confidence when the politicians agree to resume borrowing without closing the long-term gap by even 10%?
But that gap might have been bigger without the trade limits.
Without leverage to juice up returns, the gap between the industry's best and worst performers will also become more apparent.
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That is a huge sum, roughly enough to eliminate the financing gap in the Social Security programme without any other changes.
So the savings gap is getting larger, not smaller and without concerted action, the situation will get still worse.
Without that, they say, the current-account gap will persist and investors will no longer be prepared to finance it.
They'll use telemedicine to bridge the gap between countries with advanced medicine and those without it, creating a virtual retirement colony stretching around the globe.
Other companies promote innovation without requiring face time: 3M rewards employees who come up with innovative ideas, Google encourages interactions across departmental divides without eliminating telecommuting altogether, and companies like Suntell and Gap Inc. evaluate their employees on performance, not presence.
In 1967, Calderon known by his show-business name, Joe Cuba and the Joe Cuba Sextet bridged a gap between two different branches of the African diaspora without a social movement, speeches or scholarly treatises.
This gives business managers an opportunity to improve budgeting for projects, without having to worry about utilization rates or idle hours if there is a gap in demand.
This year the economy is expected to expand by 8.2% but critics say the billions of dollars from oil revenues have failed to close the stark gap between a tiny wealthy elite and the millions of poor living without access to electricity, water supply and sanitation.
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The iPad mini will similarly be the budget version of the full-scale iPad, bridging that gap for people who really just want to play Angry Birds on a bigger screen without shelling out for an iPad.
Now UPS is testing a technology designed to close that gap and, possibly, bring sweeping new efficiencies to the entire air traffic control system without compromising safety.
Without a trophy since the FA Cup win in 2005, some Arsenal followers have lost patience as the gap between the club and rivals Manchester United and Manchester City grows -- with one group of fans recently protesting before the home defeat by Swansea City at the manner in which the club is being run.
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Andrew Bindman, a doctor at San Francisco General Hospital, where a quarter of ward-time is taken up by homeless people, speculates that as the gap between the insured and the uninsured continues to widen, and as the number of those without coverage extends further into the middle class, it will become politically impossible to ignore.
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But Canavosio found a gap to touch down under the posts and Bergamasco's conversion ensured an Italy victory that leaves Scotland without a point.
It began offering maternity at Gap.com in 2000 and Oldnavy.com in 2001, as a way to test the concept without giving up valuable square footage.
The gap between the bezel and the screen content is significantly reduced so consumers can get more screen real estate without increasing the size of the TV.
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