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...America's Top Restaurants 2008 guide. The price of the average restaurant meal went up 2.3% last year, while the average price at the places that make Zagat's top list went up 3.8%. But if you look at the cities where the very rich live, the dining wealth gap is even wider. In New York City, the price of Zagat's average restaurant meal didn't change at all--up just 0.1%--while at the most expensive 20, it was up 11.1%. In Washington, it's 2.1% vs. 7.6%; Chicago, 3.3% and 6.7%; Atlanta, 3% and 7.8%. If there...
...student body,” he says. “If there is a scene, it’s not brought to enough awareness.”According to station president Kimberly E. Gittleson ’08, WHRB has a role to play in spanning the gap between artists and students by bringing more bands like Nightmare of You, who connect more with a college demographic, to Harvard. “We wanted to encourage smaller, more independent acts that are sort of the thrust of what more college kids listen to,” she says. Gittleson...
...Most Indians agree that if their country is to continue to grow, closing the massive gap between rich and poor is imperative. The calculation is not just political - the nuclear agreement stalled because the left-wing parties that support the government do not want to deal with the U.S. - but brutally practical, too. Singh has said India's greatest threat is that its low-level insurgencies will turn more deadly. India will be a true success when those in the quiet columns of dignified marchers know that its prosperity extends to them...
...budget independently. The team receives some assistance from the Undergraduate Council—$1,391.68 last semester, according to UC Finance Committee Chair Randall S. Sarafa ’09. The team also raises money by selling T-shirts and Frisbees. Still, Roebuck said, a sizable gap remains between the money the team generates and the money necessary to travel to tournaments. That gap is closed by the players, who wind up paying for most of their travel expenses out of their own pockets. “I think [the lack of funding] drives some people away from the sport...
...year ago, is still below .500 overall after a nail-biting win over Cornell. Brown is a long way away from its title team of 2005, and the Big Red is also scuffling, having already lost three conference contests. “We’re closing the gap,” said Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens. “I don’t see the league just jumping ahead. The thing about the Ivy League is, we’re all recruiting the same players. So what we need to do is raise our talent pool...