Word: close
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...suggested that a little world like Earth shouldn't exist at all; it (or more precisely, the moon-size proto-planets that eventually assembled into Earth) should have spiraled into the sun more than 4 billion years ago. A star might not gobble a Jupiter whole when it moves close enough, but it could surely swallow a canapé like proto-Earth...
...sixth largest importer of U.S. beef and the U.S.'s ninth-largest trading partner, had been hoping the talks would pave the way for a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Yen says Ma probably was counting on progress in U.S. trade to balance fears over Taiwan's increasingly close economic ties with China. Taiwan and China are set to talk about a key trade agreement early this year, which has caused concern among the opposition, which advocates a more distanced relationship with its neighbor...
...evčenko's approach to life, according to Flier, could be summed up as "complete devotion to knowledge." Unlike the close-minded historians described in his law of the dog and the forest, Ševčenko was curious about everything, according to Flier...
...turned out Delaney-Smith’s worry was not without cause, as the Minutewomen were able to close the margin near the end of the half. But a three pointer by Matera seemed to put Massachusetts back in its place. It would not score for the remainder of the half, and the Crimson rolled into halftime with a 17-point lead...
...solves one political problem but creates another. In the short term, it neutralizes the GOP talking point that Obama was putting the closure of the detention facility ahead of national security by sending Yemenis home. But it presents a longer-term challenge of how to win the battle to close the facility, which has been a key part of the GOP's strategy to undermine Obama from his earliest days in office...