11.   Census officials say factoring the tax credit in would cause a closing of the income gap between the rich and the poor.

12.   Economic reforms have widened the income gap, creating both a middle class with money and an underclass of the newly poor.

13.   For minorities, the income gap is wide and the climb harder.

14.   For another, the income gap between the most and least attractive was virtually identical for lawyers who were self-employed.

15.   For their part, the income gap between black and white women has also shown little change during the samer period, the bureau said.

16.   Further, the Bush administration needs to seek ways to bridge the income gap between blacks and whites, Blackwell said.

17.   Gazing across a wide income gap between most New Mexicans and their Texan visitors, Gloria Mendoza, a fourth-generation native, does not like the view.

18.   Fox supports the concept, and also is expected to emphasize the plight of the poor and the dangers of widening income gaps.

19.   Geoffrey Garin, a pollster who often advises the AFL-CIO, predicted that workers concerned about the income gap would be unlikely to favor Bush.

20.   Gray pointed out that there is already an income gap, and an even more serious disadvantage for African American communities.