Feelings could be rubbed raw in Japan as well, because of a major perception gap.

Later, as chief executive of America West, he said he encountered a similar perception gap with the pilots' union.

The good news is that at least some are finally noticing that there is a "perception gap."

It exposed a "perception gap," he said, between blacks and whites about the extent of racism and racial violence in America.

The perception gap grows whenever the subject turns to the lessons of Kosovo and American military power.

Bush administration officials help create that perception gap.

This kind of perception gap is not unique to net neutrality, either.

The question, then, is: "How will Moynihan close the perception gap?"

He said, 'Look, there is a perception gap, and there are folks who feel they are not included.

Once again, Mr. Salyer is wrestling with a perception gap.