Word: gaps
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After another Cecil Group consultant finished the night’s presentations with a talk on sustainability, residents expressed concern about the gap between espousing green principles and putting them into practice...
...climate change when so many other countries, including the United States, are “dragging their feet.” Dimas said one major factor was the goal he adopted when he took office to increase public commitment to the issue. “There is a big gap between what [people] say regarding the environment and how they respect the environment regarding individual actions,” Dimas said. “As consumers they can affect the economy. As voters they can affect politicians.” Dimas also credited the media’s commitment...
...Palfrey said. “Without such awareness, we can miss causes for children’s problems.” Palfrey noted that nine million American children are uninsured and said that she will continue the academy’s efforts to “close the gap.” She said that under her leadership, the academy will continue to press Congress to renew and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a bill that would provide health care coverage to four million children in addition to the 6.6 million already enrolled. The bill...
...comfortable, safe feeling of the apartment is a stark contrast to the bare, unknown hospital space. Separating the two is the park bench where Callie and Sara share their “stop kiss.” Throughout the play, the bench remains as a constant reminder of the gap between where the characters are and where their emotions are leading them.“Stop Kiss” brings its audience on the journey of bridging that disconnect. It uses its story not as a statement about politics, but about overcoming doubts and letting love run its course unhindered...
...gap between Saturday's rhetoric and Monday's reckoning was amply visible in advance. For all the brave-sounding statements about a common response at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conclave on Saturday, he and Merkel, along with Prime Ministers Gordon Brown of Britain and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, couldn't agree on substantial international measures to shore up Europe's beleaguered financial markets; they in fact had little standing to do so. By Sunday, the national governments in the 27-member E.U., including the 15 that use the euro currency, all seemed concerned first and foremost with the conditions...