Word: gap
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Brandford coalition rolled up a 20-0 lead before a stunned Kirkland squad was able to retaliate with a touchdown on a short run just before the end of the first half. Another touchdown, this time on a long pass play, closed the gap...
Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr., 39, commander U.S.N., Apollo 12's skipper, is the son of a Philadelphia investment banker and a graduate of Princeton University who displays no trace of Main Line reserve. He is an inveterate joke teller, likes to whistle through the gap between his front teeth and listens for hours to country-and-Western music. At 5 ft. 64 in. he is the second shortest of the astronauts. A pilot since the age of 14, he is still fascinated with flying, particularly acrobatics (he was stunting in a jet over Florida only two days before...
...Median wages and salaries of fully employed men were $4,713 in 1957, as compared with $3,008 for women. In 1968, men's income had risen to about $7,800, or 65%, while women's had gone up to $4,550, or 51%. The gap is widening...
...easing in policy, whenever it comes, will be slight and gradual. The erratic swings-from extreme looseness to tightness and back again-in past Federal Reserve policy have created an economic credibility gap. Businessmen, consumers and labor leaders generally seem convinced that at the first signs of recession, the Federal Reserve will again switch to an open-handed expansion. This time the change must be carried out with such finesse that, as one high Administration policymaker says, "there will be a guessing game for months." Bankers, businessmen and economists will have to try to figure out whether or not movements...
...every credibility gap, there is an equal amount of gullibility fill. This is particularly true in the art market, where the stampede for status and dollar appreciation has helped to enrich art forgers and unscrupulous dealers...