Word: close
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson (3-3) led Boston University 53-48 with 5:11 to play, but a series of late miscues--at the free-throw line and on inbounds plays--allowed the Terriers (1-5) to close the game on a 10-4 run, beating Harvard 58-57 last night at Case...
...only worried about my rebounding," Coleman said. "I've got to get at least eight rebounds a game for us to be close, and if I get 10, we win. I look at anything I can do on the offense as a plus...
...close to Virginia in the point race. Harvard tallied 830 points to finish solidly behind UVA, which finished with 1026 points...
...Dawid Rechul, who has really come into his own this year, had another impressive tournament to add to the pair of fourth place finishes he has already earned. Rechul's decisive 6-2 defeat of Boe Rushton of Boise State guaranteed him the seventh place spot. Rechul, who came close to defeating Penn's All American Bandele Adenyi-Bada at the Ivy Classic, continued to prove this weekend that he can contend with the nation's best...
Some special-interest groups are more equal than others, though, and McCain is hoping to close the gap with Bush by relying partly on veterans, a powerful and active voting bloc. "Go with me on one last mission," the former Navy pilot often tells veterans. The pitch is a combination not only of his winning story and expertise on foreign and military affairs but also of a commitment to shore up health-care and other benefits for this group. Even among veterans, who should know about McCain's POW struggle, though, the candidate has had to work just to introduce...