But if things are looking up in employment and education, the fundamental divide in Oldham persists.
These two events illustrate a growing political divide in what should otherwise be a straightforward issue.
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Whether either party intends it or not, there is a growing racial divide in the electorate.
There is a great divide in business schools, and one that not many outsiders are aware off.
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People often talk about the healthcare divide in terms of access to care.
There are several ways to think of the divide in the Republican conference.
But there is a huge divide in what people mean by private clouds.
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These factors mean that there is now a big north-south divide in the supply of, and demand for, council houses.
"A lack of identity has become the divide in India, denying needy Indians access to welfare programmes, " Mr Dalwai says.
If you can speak of any aesthetic divide in America nowadays, it is more between rural art and city art.
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Jamie Stone, the MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, said an urban-rural divide in provision remains.
The shooting, while accidental, highlights a cultural divide in the gun debate.
The north-south divide in the euro area looks more marked than ever.
However, the Guardian has crunched the numbers and says the divide in the US is more like the 0.01% v the 99.99%.
The prime minister said he had learned a lot from his two-day tour aimed at dispelling criticisms of a growing north-south divide in Britain.
While the political divide in Washington is wider than ever, the common goal of avoiding the fiscal cliff should help policymakers find a solution.
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Obama has used executive orders more frequently in recent months to launch initiatives he advocates that have been stymied by the deep partisan divide in Congress.
The resulting features are a blend of leading-edge technology and watchmaking artistry, thereby spanning a massive divide in a manner never previously attempted in this luxury industry.
"Groups that have traditionally been on the other side of the digital divide in basic internet access are now using wireless connections to go online, " said the report.
He feels the split between traditional Bollywood films and their more modern cousins reflects the cultural divide in India itself -- and this is proving challenging for directors.
Perhaps if he had been more patient and pragmatic he could have bridged the political divide in Britain and presided over a bigger and more effective anti-apartheid movement.
Amid a push by the White House to strengthen gun laws, the bill reflects a growing divide in the US over whether more or fewer guns keep people safe.
The White House is pushing to enact several pieces of legislation during the lame-duck session, and Barkley's vote could be important because of the narrow partisan divide in the Senate.
"Of all Australians, Ned is without doubt one of the most famous, some would say infamous, and therein lies the great divide in society, " said Monsignor John White, who led the service in Wangaratta.
The social divide in Cuba between those with dollars and those without has softened somewhat since 1994, when the peso plunged to a low of 120 to the dollar (it is now around 20).
Perhaps the sharpest divide in the advertising industry is between those who think that as the economy revives consumers will rediscover their old spending habits and those who disagree, such as Ms Salzman of Porter Novelli.
"Of course, it's being fanned in some ways by Republican leaders who keep saying majorities are against this legislation, when in fact there is a pretty even divide in the country, from what the polling data shows, " he added.
Much of the vitriol was real, reflecting the deep divide in the world between people who see whales as intrinsically special creatures that should not be harmed under any circumstances, and those for whom whales are wild creatures like any others.
As if that weren't enough, the partisan divide in the U.S. Congress took the country to the brink of default on its debt payments in early August, leaving many investors angry over what was seen as unnecessary turmoil in the markets.
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