Word: closely
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Harvard freshman breast-stroker Rich Ou skipped the breast events and competed in the 50-meter freestyle instead and placed a close third. Classmate Sean Gouldson, normally a backstroker, took first-place in the 100-meter freestyle...
...were hoping to keep it close early, and what happened was the exact opposite of what we had to do," Mason said...
...admit that we would be fighting for a few cents a gallon on the price of gasoline or to maintain a fat, self-indulgent life-style. What is at stake is the power to shut off the heat in millions of homes, freezing the old and frail; to close down thousands of factories and utility plants, causing mass unemployment and no little additional poverty. A price run-up or supply restriction sharp enough could touch off a similar worldwide recession -- and an inflationary recession to boot. That power cannot be put into the hands of a megalomaniac...
This is not an uncommon occurrence on a rock tour, but Los Lobos is a band that has always stuck pretty close to home. Their music is a unique blend of roots rock, Latino spirit and introspective lyricism. Their new album -- their best so far -- is a kind of homage to the homey spirit of regeneration. It's called The Neighborhood, and just recently the band found itself quite a distance from...
...called back into special session to debate a possible declaration of war. Lugar seemed confident that the Senate would back the President, if not in a declaration of war then in a more general resolution of support for his policy toward Saddam Hussein. But that is uncertain, and a close vote might suggest that Congress is not solidly united and thus prove highly damaging to Bush's strategy of applying pressure on Iraq. A White House spokesman brushed aside the very idea of congressional action as "unnecessary" because it presupposes "a war that we hope does not occur...