Word: chasm
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...movement, they have become an increasingly significant force. In a country allergic to challenges to authority, they make noise about everything from illegal land seizures, pollution and sexual harassment, to the pricing of train tickets and discrimination against short people. Mostly, their work throws a harsh light on the chasm between China's law as it is written and the reality on the ground. But they may also prove instrumental in closing that chasm...
...life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Kids spend much of the day as their great-grandparents once did: sitting in rows, listening to teachers lecture, scribbling notes by hand, reading from textbooks that are out of date by the time they are printed. A yawning chasm (with an emphasis on yawning) separates the world inside the schoolhouse from the world outside...
...life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Kids spend much of the day as their great-grandparents once did: sitting in rows, listening to teachers lecture, scribbling notes by hand, reading from textbooks that are out of date by the time they are printed. A yawning chasm (with an emphasis on yawning) separates the world inside the schoolhouse from the world outside...
...claiming the Iraqi leader had made great efforts to reconcile sectarian groups responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iraqis in recent weeks. In truth, the Prime Minister has done little to bridge the sectarian gap; if anything, he has occasionally contributed to widening the chasm. Many in Baghdad also found some unintended black humor in Bush's description of al-Maliki as "a strong leader." After all, just the previous day, a leaked memo from National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley had revealed how the Administration really views al-Maliki: as an isolated figure in the Green Zone with little...
...sight. The bitterly contested July elections--narrowly won (by a margin of 0.6%) by Felipe Calderón against the populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador--were largely fought over economic policies, as are, at least in part, the recent battles in Oaxaca. The campaign exposed a yawning chasm between those benefiting from the status quo and those falling further behind: almost 48% of Mexicans continue to live in poverty. The election was also a referendum on NAFTA, which has strengthened Calderón's political base in the north. But in the south, NAFTA is the source of a steep...