1.   Family Expenditure Survey data also show the widening gap between the incomes of lone parents and the incomes of couples with children.

2.   There is a widening gap in the academic performance of boys and girls.

3.   Most ominous of all was the widening gap between the economic power of each country.

4.   Analysts said that the Fed announcement held little news, save raising the discount rate and closing a widening gap with the federal funds rate.

5.   And government and academic research shows a widening gap between blacks and others in the incidences of asthma, diabetes, major infectious diseases and several forms of cancer.

6.   And many American laborers, like steelworkers and Midwestern farmers, consider the widening gap as a bad omen for their personal futures.

7.   Angelos thinks this would be the way to close the widening gap between the rich and the poor.

8.   A new Budget Office study reveals a widening gap between Pentagon aspirations and budgetary realities.

9.   A widening gap can weaken the dollar, since it means foreign exporters have more dollars to sell when bringing funds home.

10.   A smaller government budget is a step toward reducing a widening gap between spending and output, which could lead inflation to flare and higher prices.