Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feats testify to his ability to straddle the gap in his profession between action and observation. Volumes 2 and 3 of Children of Crisis, his award-winning study of the 25 million Americans abandoned and misunderstood by the powerful and privileged in this nation, have just been released. Equally important, hundreds of migrant workers, mountaineers, slum dwellers, and sharecroppers recognize Coles and call him by his nickname. He has testified for them before Congressional subcommittees, doctored them, occasionally counselled them, and intervened as their intermediary in times of trouble...
...will drastically reduce the tax gap between regular income and investment gains. Thus ultrahigh-salaried taxpayers like corporation chairmen and pro football stars have much less reason than before to dodge taxes by converting, often through gimmicks like buying non-productive farms, part of their earnings to "capital gains." The law also chips away at incentives to make more conventional investments. Says George A. Kuhnreich, vice president of Ungerleider, Haidas & Co., a brokerage firm that services many wealthy investors: "It eliminates a good part of the rewards that used to be given to the long-term investor. It will mean...
...mistake gave Harvard a commanding lead in the race, and caused mass hysteria on the Harvard bench. The Penn team, defending Ivy and Eastern champions was stunned by their third loss of the season and stood quietly, hoping their last two men could close the gap...
Harvard came back early in the second period to narrow the gap to one, as Larry Desmond finished off a long rush with an upper right hand corner wrist shot through Cornell's fading defense. The Crimson continued to pressure Cornell goalie Dave Elenbaas for ten minutes, but despite two Cornell penalties and a Dave Hynes slap shot that hit the post, Cornell maintained its lead...
...popularity of dieting. Marlene Kriiger, probably West Germany's best-known astrologer, suggests that Fasching's decline was caused by "the interaction of Uranus with the Jupiter-Pluto square in the Aquarian age." Dr. Emil Vierlinger, a locally famed master of Fasching ceremonies, suggested that the generation gap might be the reason: "Today's young people celebrate Fasching all year long. Any mod store sells more .fantastic clothing, and they can dance more wildly and to louder music in any discotheque...