Word: closed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Crimson sensed that it could close out the match quickly at the start of the third game and started out aggressively to end the match, eventually winning the third game...
...disappointing loss because it was so close," Jellin said...
...gambling industry, the system has worked nicely. When some members of Congress tried to end the individual income tax deduction for gambling losses, key Republicans and Democrats buried the measure. Twice. Now casinos want to kill the legislation outlawing betting everywhere on collegiate and all amateur sports that would close the Nevada loophole. The legislation has the support of coaches and university administrators from Florida to Oregon. But it has been bottled up by the congressional leadership since April, despite growing pressure from reformers like Arizona Republican Senator John McCain...
...Motorola Talkabout T6310 and Kenwood's FreeTalk UBZ-JH14 were close seconds. If you can stomach the $300-a-pair list price on the rugged-looking Talkabouts, you'll be treated to a built-in weather channel, FM radio, alarm clock, stopwatch and multiple privacy modes to keep your calls from being interrupted or overheard. The menus, however, are so loaded down with extras (including 10 different beeps) that it's hard to find the basics. The best feature on Kenwood's Freetalk ($230 a pair) is the ability to scan for a free channel--a big timesaver...
...sarcasm; the Pointe flap shows sarcasm is anything but easy in Hollywood. At least the WB let stand a swipe at a network exec as "the genius who told Felicity to cut her hair." But if the WB's brass can't stomach satire that's bound to hit close to home, they'll end up as the geniuses who sabotaged its best new sitcom...