Yet a yawning gap remained between the rates they had promised and those they could earn.
Federal stimulus money helped cover about two-thirds of that yawning gap, but legislators have had to close the rest themselves.
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But even more importantly, the yawning gap between revenues and spending will, unless corrected, result in much higher interest rates for American businesses.
And yet, of course, South Africa is also developing into one of the most unequal societies on earth, with a yawning gap between rich and poor.
Policymakers face a daunting task in closing the yawning gap between revenues and expenditures in the coming years, but targeting medical innovation is a particularly counterproductive approach.
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If Obama declared that the use of chemical weapons would be a game-changer and nothing happens, America's credibility is lost in the yawning gap between the president's words and deeds.
Third, various deficit reduction panels have begun identifying weapons programs that might be candidates for cancellation as the government tries to close the yawning gap between tax receipts and expenses.
But the yawning gap between the Cushing price at prices at the Gulf is sending a signal that more transportation capacity is needed, and the market is responding with alacrity.
Rather than making everyone a "winner, " the new world of social media is doing the opposite, reducing the number of winners and increasing the yawning gap between them and everyone else.
Gale converted all three tries but Sinfield brought his side back into the game just before the break when he went through a yawning gap in the visitors' defence for a solo try.
It is not technology however that is driving young people's concerns, it is the yawning gap between the promise of globalization and its reality that brings young people out on to the streets.
And with a yawning gap between those people who use laptops and those who use handheld digital devices (the former tend to be older, the latter skew younger) Google is definitively poised for the future.
David Maister, a leading adviser to professional-service firms and a former academic at Harvard Business School, says that there is a yawning gap between what the big firms are offering and what their corporate clients want.
Although Singh is the architect of India's recent economic reforms and is known to be incorruptible, he is not a career politician and can do little to bridge the yawning gap between the Congress and the masses.
Fine, but Mr Geithner still has a yawning gap to bridge between banks, which do not want to sell at depressed prices because of losses they would have to recognise, and potential buyers, who need to be sure of healthy returns.
With its dark and drained colors and its yawning gap where a sense of humor is supposed to be, the movie works hard to suggest that there is both art and mystery to the calling of the hit man, but not everyone will be convinced.
According to a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, just 3 percent of the long-run fiscal problem is due to the ARRA. The rest of this yawning gap is due to projected rises in spending on entitlement programs, primarily Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
So why is there such a yawning valuation gap with two companies of seemingly such similar profiles?
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And there is a yawning generation gap: 55% of 18-29-year-olds support gay marriage, but only 21% of those over 65.
Argentina still suffers from a yawning credibility gap with investors, due to its shortsighted economic policies in general, and its meddling with the inflation figures in particular.
The RBI has cited the nation's yawning current account gap as another reason for not cutting rates.
Consolidation means fewer potential bidders for proposals, and in the often weird and opaque auction processes employed by the industry, the gap between bids can be yawning.
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