Occupy Wall Street Protests Highlight Rich-Poor Gap The growing income gap between rich and poor is one of the reasons that activists from the Occupy Wall Street movement staged protests in New York, across the United States and in other nations in 2...
Food Tasting Events Raise Funds for the Hungry As the weather turns cooler, events to celebrate the harvest season are held in cities and towns across the United States. Many feature food. And many benefit the hungry. On this sunny Saturday, a block...
Al-Awlaki's Death Leaves Gap in al-Qaida The death of a senior al-Qaida figure by a U.S. air strike in Yemen leaves a gap in the senior ranks of what counterterrorism officials say is the most lethal of the group's franchises, Al-Qaida in the Arabian...
March is Women's History Month in the United States, an opportunity to examine how far women have come and the areas where there is still work to be done. One of these areas is employment and income, according to a recent report released by the White...
The Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retail chain based in San Francisco. It was founded in 1969 by Don G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. Don Fisher said: I created Gap with a simple idea: to make it easier to find a pair of jeans. We r...
今天我们要学的词组是gap。 Gap的意思是缝隙,差距。比如年龄的差距, age gap。贫富差距,the gap between the rich and the poor。收支差距,the gap between revenue and expense。 美国的一项调查结果说,美国...
对代沟这个词,我们已经相当熟悉了,说的是老一辈和年轻人对很多事物看法的不同。到了数字时代,这种代沟正在被代圈所取代,年轻人是所有技术的主角,老一辈人想用电脑还要年轻人来...
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Steve Inskeep : Commentator Baxter Black has his own way of trying to teach young people, though it is not as easy as it used to be. Baxter Black : Yes, Virginia, things have changed. A 20-something couple I know has occasionally sought my counsel....
After a terrible holiday season, American clothing retailer Gap Inc. fired Chief Executive Officer Paul Pressler with a $14 million retirement package. In addition to Gap clothing stores, the 3,100-store chain includes the Old Navy and Banana Republ...