31.   The growing gap has given rise to many clashes and to startling contrasts throughout Mexico.

32.   The increase is designed to help close a growing financial gap between higher operating costs and declining pay phone use as people increasingly turn to cell phones.

33.   The math scores showed a growing gap between the numbers of black and white students who were proficient in the subject.

34.   The ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization that opens in Doha this Friday must take account, in its debate and decisions, of this growing gap.

35.   The resulting upheaval has heightened insecurity, cost hundreds of thousands of people their jobs, and contributed to a growing gap between rich and poor.

36.   The State Bank move was also prompted by concerns about a growing gap between the official exchange rate and the black market exchange rate.

37.   The trend exacerbates the growing economic gap between executives and the rank and file.

38.   The war on drugs and the growing gap between rich and poor Americans will be the subject of coming sessions.

39.   The winning coalition will try to sustain the surging economy while closing the growing gap between the rich and the poor.

40.   Their angst and restlessness illustrate a growing gap between Arafat and the large Palestinian underclass.