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...many Turks. "Turkey is committed to the E.U. path, not only for the sake of becoming a full member, but essentially for itself," says Sabanci, adding, "The Turkey that will enter the European Union is not the Turkey we have today." But there's still a yawning gap between that putative future Turkey and today's reality. The conference was the first public discussion of a topic that has been taboo in Turkey for more than 80 years. Participants included an 80-year-old former minister, whose description of what happened to his home town of Tokat - its Armenian population...
Weekends on the road have also deterred younger drivers from entering the field. But average weekly earnings for long-distance drivers were up 5.1%, to $725, in 2004, nearly closing the wage gap with construction, an industry fueled by the housing boom. And drivers can spend those weekends chugging alongside the Rockies. How can trucking help erase that stigma? "You can't go honking at people in four-wheelers," says Earl Sylvain, 69, a former high school teacher who has spent his retirement driving trucks. "Why would you curse at them? They're the ones using the stuff...
According to Spillane-Hinks, as the gap between the stage and the real world shrinks during the course of the play, it will become clear that the subject matter “is not something relegated to the snowy streets of Moscow.” She adds: “This is in America—this is everywhere.” And for one week in November, it will be here—on the Loeb Mainstage...
...equality issues, wouldn’t do much to lock a student into a sport—due to the prevalence of financial aid for those who can’t afford the hefty price tag—and it could foster and extend the perceived gap between student-athletes and student-cellists, student-governors, student-journalists, and the like...
...modern times, when the word “housewife” has become synonymous with “desperate,” the image of an unconditionally happy ’50s homemaker is a hard act to swallow. The generational gap is further widened when we discover that the housewife’s outlet is not in her teenage gardener, but in composing TV ad jingles...