Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dyken was the most pleasant surprise on the underdog U.S. team, which, spurred on by roars from an unabashedly patriotic hometown crowd, captured 13 gold medals, more than three times as many as their nearest competitors, the Russians. Two of theirs belonged to Alexander Popov, who came in a touch ahead of American Gary Hall Jr. in both the men's 100-m and 50-m freestyle...
...Sogra that a life-and-death struggle for the Russian presidency was under way. No representative of any of the other nine candidates came, no one put up posters, no one delivered flyers. "Why would anyone come here?" asked the chairman of the village council, Vladimir Romanov. "The nearest paved road is 100 km away...
...years in Zakharova, a village 29 miles outside Moscow. Like many in the Russian countryside, she has never seen a McDonald's (there are seven in Moscow), has yet to taste a Coke, watch cable television or own a telephone. She must trek miles to the nearest store for bread and milk. "There used to be order," she says. "Today there is no one to complain to in the village when something goes wrong or when we have questions. Of course I will vote for Zyuganov." Her monthly pension is 200,000 rubles (U.S.$40), and that buys almost nothing...
...rowers obliterated the competition in the San Diego Crew Classic, winning with a time of 6:34.98, nearly 20 seconds ahead of the Crimson's nearest competitor...
...personal level, I was relieved to read what Mathews has discovered about the electoral power of height. My father happened to believe strongly that any American boy could grow up to be President, and since I was the nearest American boy at hand, I am someone who, like Colin Powell, has faced a certain amount of presidential pressure...