For the last two years there has been a Grand Canyon-size gap between facts and fear.

FORBES: Joe the Dumber

As for T-shirts, a size small, short-sleeved number from Ralph Lauren (nyse: RL - news - people ) Sport equates to a medium "Favorite Tee" from Gap, and a size 18 crew-neck T-shirt from Petit Bateau.

FORBES: What Size Are You--Really?

As for T-shirts, a size small, short-sleeved number from Ralph Lauren Sport equates to a medium "Favorite Tee" from Gap, and a size 18 crew-neck T-shirt from Petit Bateau.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Canon's primary motivation, at least from an official perspective, was to create a camera that serves to bridge the gap between pocketable compacts and full-size DSLRs with a simple user interface designed to educate, not intimidate.

ENGADGET: Canon EOS M mirrorless camera hands-on (video) Hands-on

Yes, aggregation of smaller loads adds a degree of complexity, but not enough to explain the gorilla-scale size of the gap.

FORBES: America's Smartest Power Grid

The size of the gap between spending and tax revenues - with the government taking in just three pounds for every four pounds it spends - makes it likely that all the big revenue raisers - (income tax, national insurance, and VAT) may have to be tapped in the future.

BBC: Dodging the spending challenge

In the absence of any official estimate of the size of the stimulus, market-watchers looked for an unofficial figure to fill the gap.

ECONOMIST: The slowing economy

The OECD also found that small- and medium-size businesses often held back payments to suppliers or slowed tax payments to try to fill the gap.

WSJ: Post-Recession Loans Lag