Ulster new boy Schifcofske went on to reduce the half-time gap to just a point when he converted two out of four penalties as indiscipline crept into the Scarlets play.
Halfpenny had a chance just before half-time to narrow the gap but the penalty chance from his own 10-metre line asked too much from even the wing's powerful boot.
Both teams were playing with real ambition and when Cipriani landed a penalty either side of half-time to cut the gap to six points it looked as though a cliff-hanger was in the works.
Similarly, it seems that women are more likely to work part-time in countries that protect that desire, as the gap between the women working part-time in the other countries and women doing the same here at home grew by two percentage points between 1990 and 2010.
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As more voice minutes are switched to the Internet and traditional telecoms firms react, marketing and service costs are likely to rise, narrowing the price-gap over time.
More importantly, the two-time former champion closed the gap on Vettel from 30 to 17 points, moving up to third overall.
Hooper quickly barged his way over for Bath and full-back Jack Cuthbert converted to cut the gap to six points at half-time.
And last season's Man of Steel Pat Richards then claimed his first try of the season shortly after half-time, as Wigan closed the gap.
More than closing the financial gap on his long-time rival Woods, a U.S. Open victory would have the short-term impact of renewing the relevance of the Mickelson brand.
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By the time poor kids start school, or even pre-school, they are already behind, the gap is likely to only grow over time.
By the way, enthusiasm gap - you mean until this time more of the people who supported Obama were more enthusiastic about doing so.
The Obama Administration would like that default rate to come down, at the same time it acknowledges that for-profits fill a crucial gap in the higher education realm.
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Arsenal continued to press forward looking for a way back into the match, but once again they were caught on the break as this time Korean Ji-Sung Park burst through a huge gap in the home defence to slide home the decisive third goal early in the second half.
Hayek was managing to close the gap between manufacturing output and real-time market demand.
He supported himself part-time by working as a stock boy at the Gap, then helmed by Mickey Drexler.
Since it takes time for exchange-rate changes to affect trade, the gap is likely to widen further: the full impact of the dollar's rise over the past two years has yet to be felt.
Indeed, more than ever, we need a gap year for grown-ups some time to rest up, find renewal, and reset priorities.
Orr's conversion gave the visitors a 10-4 half-time lead but the Bulls levelled when Terry Newton created the gap for Sykes to run through and score.
On the lower rungs, adult women are still the majority of minimum wage earners and the majority of clerical support workers, and the pay gap between women and men working full time and year-round is just under 20%.
When Jobs was ousted from the company he co-founded the first time, in 1984, Microsoft closed its software gap with Apple in less than a decade.
Leicester just about kept Miles Benjamin out, and their resilience was rewarded when Flood cut the gap to one point during first-half injury-time despite his side being down to 14 men with Jordan Crane in the sin-bin.
Andrew Bindman, a doctor at San Francisco General Hospital, where a quarter of ward-time is taken up by homeless people, speculates that as the gap between the insured and the uninsured continues to widen, and as the number of those without coverage extends further into the middle class, it will become politically impossible to ignore.
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Sanchez said he expects that ultimately a deal will get done before the deadline, or a small stop-gap measure will be agreed to in order to buy more time, which would cause gold prices to retreat.
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But an alternative to the high-stakes pressure may be to consider taking a gap year, time off before college designed to be a break from academics, for personal growth, travel, or to participate in community service or internships.
Cipriani cut the gap to six with two penalties, either side of half-time.
By the time he breasted the tape, he had a lead of five meters -- a gap more commonly seen in middle-distance events.
Matt Robinson closed the gap just before half time, Leigh Henry tied the game up at three-all, before Lapham's header won it for Marine in injury time.
This achievement gap has not been closed by the time youngsters are ready to leave secondary schools - with August-born teenagers 20% more likely to be in vocational rather than academic study after school.
With two-time world champion Stoner quitting last season after becoming disillusioned with the sport, there is a gap for Marquez to make his name.
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