61.   In the past two general elections, Conservatives have narrowed the gap with Labour as the election nears.

62.   Increasing the rate of return would narrow the gap between what Social Security can afford to pay in benefits and what it has promised.

63.   Johnson said he hoped CNNfn could narrow the gap with CNBC when cable systems go to a digital process that will greatly expand channel capacity.

64.   Late-generation digital video and audio gear has narrowed the gap between entry-level home theater and state-of-the-art.

65.   Leaving aside whether Dole can win, bond investors would get nervous if Dole even started to narrow the gap with Clinton, Quirsfeld said.

66.   Lee said the central bank would raise the discount rate to narrow the gap between that rate and what commercial banks charge.

67.   Lifting bans on big-ticket exports to China could help narrow that gap.

68.   Lynch maintained a small lead early, but Garcetti narrowed the gap as more precincts began reporting.

69.   Measures are urgently needed to narrow the gap in the level of public perceptions between the international community and Japan.

70.   Most analysts have said that the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, badly needed to clinch an agreement at Taba to narrow the gap with Ariel Sharon.