Word: gap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...P.H.S. did not limit its concern to lung cancer, but pointed to an "increasing convergence" of new evidence that smoking can contribute to the development of heart disease. It does this, according to latest research, by producing a gap between the heart's demand for oxygen and the blood's ability to supply...
Such examples aside, the feminine consensus holds that a maturity gap separates the sexes. And some females complain that the boys are too intelligent to be fun, which probably says more about the girls than the guys...
...than as an expensive propaganda gesture for Soviet consumption. McNamara admitted that the Administration's original decision to go ahead with Sentinel was prompted by "marginal" factors. Some cynics speculated that another Johnson objective was to prevent the G.O.P. from making an election issue out of the "antimissile gap...
Trudeau will have problems enough to deal with. Canada is beset by linguistic, cultural and economic differences that are exacerbated by the vast distances within the country. Its small population does not provide a large enough domestic market for a sustained economic boom. The income gap between the wealthy and the deprived, between the poorer and richer provinces, is still large and not shrinking fast enough...
...this gave rise to certain stop-gap measures. Mayor Cavanagh set up a rumor-control service; anyone wishing to check out a story could dial a number for information. A group of businessmen called MUST (Men United for Sane Thought) placed ads in suburban newspapers and on radio and TV, urging their fellow citizens to keep cool and not to buy arms...