Word: gaps
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...national economy. This changing relationship has been caused by rapidly rising oil prices, which have given coal new importance as an abundant source of energy. The increased importance of coal has given the U.M.W. new leverage in contract negotiations, and the Union hopes to close the long-standing gap in benefits between coal miners and other organized workers...
...under the autocratic tenures of John L. Lewis and Tony (W.A.) Boyle. An industry formerly saddled with a union in which, in Miller's words, "you couldn't tell labor from management" now has a more progressive, responsive union leadership. If the coal industry is to fill the energy gap it must extend the long overdue benefits to the miners and eliminate the unhealthy working conditions that cause absenteeism and wildcat strikes...
Except for this time it's Jimmy Stoeckel who's tossing the towel around. Yes, the same Stoeckel who was last year's all-Ivy quarterback, the one who re-authored all of those old punting records, the player who first filled the --------to McInally gap we endure today...
Although some OPEC members argue that their policy aims at narrowing the gap between rich and poor countries, it is precisely the very poor who are suffering most from the quadrupled world price of oil. Called the "Fourth World" by World Bank President Robert McNamara, they comprise nearly one billion people in some 40 underdeveloped nations in Africa, Asia and Lathi America. For them, today's price of energy and key petroleum-based products?fertilizer, chemicals and drugs ?has meant a further reduction in an already pitifully low living standard...
...instance, per capita income in the U.S. now is about $5,000. In Iran, before the oil price increase, it was $350 to $400. If we both have a 6% annual rate of growth, it would mean a $300 increase per capita in America and $24 in Iran. The gap widens. Would that not upset peace and stability...