Not exact matches
With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show
Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage
gaps based on gender, race, and social class.
Pay transparency will be the focus of tonight's PBS debate show,
Point Taken, featuring a panel of guests who will clash over whether it could help narrow
gaps in pay between genders, racial groups, and socio - economic classes.
When Stephanopoulos
pointed out that even if the AHCA didn't
take away coverage from those with preexisting conditions, it enabled insurers to charge them more, Ryan countered that such provisions wouldn't apply to people who retained continuous coverage — or coverage without any
gaps — to which Stephanopoulos noted that people often lose coverage, and its not their personal choice.
The start and end
points are already in place for you, enemy A.I. is
taken care of, and a single button press ensures your jump
gaps are acceptable lengths.
When this happens and as debt levels rise relative to debt servicing capacity, at some
point the major stakeholders — including businesses, creditors, household savers, workers and so on — became uncertain enough about how this
gap will be allocated that they
take steps to protect themselves from this uncertainty.
Faith and hope must
take over at that
point — because only these can bridge the
gap.
It was easy for me, then, to become cynical about the faith that I was raised in, to punch the holes into the theology of the people I grew up with and spot the
gaps in the preaching and methods, and
point a finger of blame when «they» got it wrong, to separate myself from the culture and, like most kids raised by immigrant parents (because, in a way, my parents were like immigrants to this strange new land of Christianity), I
took for granted my life in the new Kingdom, completely unable to imagine a life without freedom, without joy, without Jesus.
As it seemed as though the Gunners had missed a glorious opportunity to close the
gap at the top, up stepped Welbeck to make his mark and
take his side to within two
points of the league leaders.
The Premier League champions will be looking to close the
gap on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, and with the Hammers
taking just one
point from their last six league games against City Manuel Pellegrini will be feeling confident.
Rennes, on the other hand,
took a major step closer to safety by opening up a ten -
point gap between they and the bottom three.
If they win, they cut the
gap to Tottenham to just a single
point, and
take from it the confidence and belief that could help reignite what has been a stuttering campaign thus far.
Should they lose, Spurs would have
taken three massive
points at the Emirates, an already restless fan base would find itself further agitated and the
gap would be a substantial and unhealthy seven.
Going into Sunday, therefore, Norwich City in particular will be looking at their game with their mouths watering as the game which they are undoubtedly favourites for gives them the opportunity, not only to
take 3
points against their most fierce rivals, but also to close the
gap to just 4
points on promotion placed Sheffield Wednesday.
Even though a draw would not be a bad result for Arsenal against Liverpool at the Emirates stadium on Saturday, it would be so much better for us to
take all three
points and stretch the Premier League
gap between us and our opponents to a massive nine
points with just seven games to play.
You just know that the Arsenal supporting Wilshere would love to do some damage to our local rivals and if he can help Bournemouth to
take some
points from the game while the Gunners beat Boro, a nice
gap will have opened up ahead of the first derby match coming up soon.
In Serie A, Montella's side are currently fifth with 39
points, six
points behind third - placed Napoli, who occupy the final Champions League spot, and will look to close the
gap starting this weekend as they
take on underachieving Inter Milan at the San Siro.
Tottenham will look to reduce the
gap to top spot back to 10
points when they
take on Southampton at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
The importance of this fixture to both sides can not be over-estimated with this being one of the oldest rivalries in English football, but this season, with the Lilywhites already 4
points ahead of Arsenal in the League table, the Gunners can't afford to let their rivals open up a bigger
gap, while Arsene Wenger's side will be desperate to move back into contention for a Top Four finish by
taking all 3
points.
reckon spurs with
take second the 5
point gap, we look inconsistent an will have to enter the etihad an face a relegation dogfight with norwich.
Even as Tottenham have narrowed the
gap in recent years they have struggled at this venue,
taking one
point from their last four visits, and that 2 - 2 draw was soured by losing their heads as well as any lingering title hopes in the infamous 2016 battle of the Bridge.
With leaders Manchester City in Carabao Cup action, United would have the chance to close the
gap at the top back to 13
points, and they will need to
take something from the game to move back above Liverpool into second.
Now, Stoke, ourselves and Bournemouth occupy identical positions as before although the
gap from first to last is now six
points, and Southampton have
taken Burnley's place in tenth.
One game less played, 3
points gap lead at the top, and the Los Blancos
took the lead trough Casemiro in the 28th minute, meaning practically putting one hand on La liga title.
I am writing this under the assumption that Juventus will defeat Hellas Verona, pushing the Scudetto
gap to five
points (they did, it just
takes me a while to hit publish apparently), meaning Roma still has a plausible chance at unseating the Old Lady before the season ends.
With Tottenham Hotspur enjoying a two - goal cushion against Manchester City, Arsenal will eager to
take all three
points against Burnley to reduce the
gap at the top of the table.
I love winning football games, obviously, and at 4 - 0 up we really should have one this one, but if you had offered me the opportunity to close the
gap on United by one
point I would have
taken it.
We could cut short the
gap between our current position and Antonio Conte's men should we
take all three
points when we
take on the Saints on a latter date and Ramsey believes we can eventually catch the league leaders.
Natasha Flint and Nikita Parris will be in contention to deputise on Thursday night at the Academy Stadium as MCWFC
take on Liverpool, hoping to close the
gap at the top of the table to just two
points.
Spalletti's men
take on Bologna at the Olimpico next Sunday as they try to close the four
point gap between them and league leaders Juventus.
There is no
point pretending Swansea's
point at Manchester United the following day did not hurt, reducing a three -
point gap back to two, yet repeating the performance that frustrated Southampton will give the Tigers a chance of
taking points in each of their three remaining games.
However, the journey appears to have had many more twists and turns than anticipated following a damaging 2 - 1 «El Clasico» defeat at the hands of Real Madrid which closed the
gap at the top, before Real Sociedad heaped more misery
taking all three
points in a narrow 1 - 0 victory in April.
Although it would
take something miraculous at this
point to win the Championship title, Newcastle's hopes would still be alive as their
gap to leaders Brighton would be cut to four
points with two games to play.
The French Champions know very well that Hazard is set to leave in the summer anyway, and they could
take the decision to let him leave now to try and rebuild the side quickly to try and close the seven
point gap at the top of Ligue 1.
Antonio Conte's side play a second consecutive Premier League away game this evening as we head north to
take on seventh - placed Burnley, where an away win would enable us to close the
gap on Tottenham Hotspur to five
points.
Arsenal are set to
take on Sunderland in what was their game in hand and it give them oppertunity to close the
gap between them and other top four hopeful Liverpool by just 1
point going into the last weekend of premier league football.
The
gap at the top of the able is four
points but should the teams finish level, Madrid will
take the title not Barcelona.
Milan traveled to the Bentegodi late Saturday afternoon to
take on last place Hellas Verona in hopes of closing the
gap to three
points...
Roma
take on Sassuolo at the Stadio Olimpico this evening, Rudi Garcia's side have the opportunity to close the
gap on League leaders Juventus to a
point with victory, but face a Sassuolo side who are high on confidence and are unbeaten in their last seven games.
We should never think too much about our
gap with Roma but face every match as if it were the decisive one for the scudetto, also because seven
points is basically two losses: it doesn't
take much to obliterate the
gap».
An underperforming Gunners side
took advantage of some abysmal Blackpool defending to close the
gap on league leaders Manchester United to seven
points.
The race for the title
took on new shapes, Milan's draw in Sicily reduced the
gap of Juventus to leaders AC Milan to just two
points..
The Citizens have been imperious for much of the season and
take a three
point cushion into the weekend, a
gap which could double in size should United come unstuck for the second year running at the Emirates — though they could also go level on
points with Roberto Mancini's men should third - placed Tottenham become the first team to win at the Etihad Stadium since November 2010.
Everyone should
take a
gap year at some
point in their life — student or otherwise.
Sunder, it's not misleading at all - the article was about the width of income
gaps and I simply
pointed to actions
taken in this regard.
The annulment proved controversial amongst political and business figures, who
pointed out the three - and - a-half-year
gap since the near - collapse of RBS, and the coincidence of the referral
taking place during a political argument over bonus payments to the current head of the bank.
Still, caveats notwithstanding, sixteen
points is hardly an insurmountable
gap, and Democrats
take this race for granted at their peril.
Taken a from a
point of narration by Chaplin during an interview with a fictional character played by Hopkins the film simply
takes you through Chaplin's life from one event to another although with many
gaps.
If anything, the
point to
take is that as technology continues to advance, it may be easier for studios to make full - length computer animated features (which was not yet achieved just ten years ago) but the wide
gap in quality which exists allows for some CGI films to various poor - looking degrees.
An editorial in The Telegraph thought Malia was «right» to
take a
gap year while The Atlantic
pointed out that students who
take time off after high school have a lower chance of completing college.
An editorial in The Telegraph thought Malia was «right» to
take a
gap year while The Atlantic
pointed...