Word: gaps
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With sheer hard work and a whopping $950,000 (v. Symington's $550,000), he closed the gap. Rural Missourians, unimpressed by Symington's credentials as a former U.S. Chief of Protocol, voted for Litton in droves, and a last-minute TV blitz cut into Symington's margin in metropolitan St. Louis...
...post-convention job facing the minority Republican Party is immense. The Harris poll last week showed Carter leading Ford by an astounding 66% to 27%, and Reagan 68% to 26%. The gap will of course narrow after the Republicans have their candidate and the fall campaign progresses. Solid, unflappable-and lucky-Jerry Ford is on the verge of winning the toughest battle of his career so far, in Kansas City...
...ability to cope with modern life. At least 10% of the population suffer from some form of mental illness, and one-seventh of these receive some form of psychiatric care. Meanwhile, the figures for longevity are the highest and for infant mortality the lowest in U.S. history, and the gap continues to narrow. We are doing better but feeling worse...
...gap between the principles and the potential on the one hand and the reality on the other is still frighteningly wide, even within America. Americans of non-European descent are still having to struggle to achieve for themselves their full rights as American citizens, equal with all others. Extreme poverty, and even hunger, exist among a sizable minority of American people. There appears to be almost a breakdown of many of the public and communal services which are vital to civilized life and in respect of which we would expect America to be an example to the rest of struggling...
...important respect, the U.S. Navy has fallen badly behind the Soviets. According to the U.S. Navy's own statistics, the Red Navy now has 563 combat vessels, v. the U.S. Navy's 285. Seeking to narrow the gap, the U.S. Navy has undertaken an ambitious building program that by the mid-1980s could bring the fleet up to 600 submarines and surface warships...