71.   But polarization of society lingers on, and the widening gap between a fringe group of newly rich and an army of poor and unemployed aggravates political instability.

72.   Current policy disputes, however, reflect a widening gap in values and perceptions of the world between the United States and its European partners.

73.   Dealers said the dollar could test its upside Monday, buoyed by the widening gap between U.S. and Japanese bond yields.

74.   Expectations for a widening gap between U.S. and Japanese bond yields helped boost the dollar as well, analysts said.

75.   Espiritu pointed out that a major challenge to an Estrada presidency would be the high incidence of poverty and the widening gap between the rich and the poor.

76.   Geneva -- World Health report on widening gap between rich and poor.

77.   It blamed the widening gap between rich and poor as one of the factors spurring increased drug use.

78.   It is already clear that the summit will produce no breakthrough in efforts to bridge the widening gap between Iraq and Kuwait.

79.   It was the latest glimpse into the widening gap between conservative clerics and supporters of the more moderate president, Mohammad Khatami.

80.   Some of those projects are intended to help bridge the widening gap in living standards between the prosperous coasts and still impoverished inland regions, which lag far behind.