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“We’ve seen a widening gap in the earnings of those people with and without a college education. For me, that means that making sure everyone can go to college is more important than ever.”
Hu's approach is quite different. It is widely admitted both inside and outside the Party that China's astonishing economic growth in the past 15 years has been accompanied by growing social strains, such as a widening gap between rich and poor and an increase in corruption. But as...
Since President Hu Jintao assumed full control of the government in September, there have been several signs of a widening crackdown on freedom of expression: the shutdown of A Complete Mess, a politically pluralistic university chat site; the firing of several prominent journalists; and the canceling of classes taught by...
Even as presidents’ salaries rise, experts said they see a widening salary gap between academic administrators and their corporate counterparts.
FACTS ON THE GROUND Bush campaigned on assurances that "freedom is on the march" and "we're making progress" in Iraq. But the country is plagued by insecurity. Most reliable estimates put Iraqi deaths at about 15,000 since the war began. Analysts inside and outside Iraq say Bush needs...