Many here see Sarkozy as an authoritarian and divisive figure who will aggravate France's social divide.
From Lincoln, he understands the importance of being pragmatic, of being willing to sacrifice one's ideals in quest of achieving a common understanding beyond social divide.
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).
The court struck down public school choice plans in Seattle, Washington, and Louisville, Kentucky, concluding they relied on an unconstitutional use of racial criteria, with the 5-4 vote reflecting the deep legal and social divide over the issue of race and education.
Besides, the stats about the social media gender divide are already out there.
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The prime minister said he believed in the power of the internet as a tool in ending the social "digital divide".
Instead, it will coordinate federal investments to address the reality at the local level, encouraging local leaders to develop comprehensive strategies to build strong regional economies, responsible and sustainable infrastructure, and opportunity-rich communities that bridge the social and economic divide.
And there is mounting support on both sides of the political divide for rethinking social programmes to put more emphasis on personal responsibility.
The gender divide is one of the most significant inequalities reflected within the digital divide which cuts across all social and income groups.
Nevertheless, educationalists are concerned that the divide between schools is reinforcing the social chasm.
Finnigan notes that Google Plus, the new Google social networking site, makes it easier to divide contacts into discreet groups like friends, family, and professional contacts.
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The program has already offered training in business fundamentals, social innovation, and leadership effectiveness to more than 100 emerging social enterprise leaders from Mercy Corps, Digital Divide Data, Save the Children, World Vision, and other organizations.
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Yet social issues, from health care to immigration, often divide the more tolerant techies from the rest.
The long-standing divide between economic, pro-business conservatives and social conservatives has blurred.
Trends in marketing, especially the rise in the importance of the Web and Social Media as a channel have started to change this, but the divide remains.
Ethnographer danah boyd, who does not capitalize her name, said she watched the class divide emerge while conducting research of American teens' use of social networks in 2006.
He said only 18% of people in low socio-economic groups had a computer at home, compared with 65% of those in higher social groups, and that the project would help bridge the "digital divide".
The right-left divide, a product of the 1988 merger of the Liberal and Social Democratic parties, means the Lib Dems have no clear identity on which to draw when making policy.
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But as we know today, this recession has not only furthered the divide between consumers, employees and corporations on a whole host of social, environmental, and economic issues, but also pointed the finger at each and every one of us.
Beyond self-identifying through what they share on social, Goodman points to a few other content trends evident through fitness, most notably the great online gender divide.
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