Word: closely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Loehr's greates qualities was "his feeling that Chinese art was understandable, but in the end there was a quality in it that was always mysterious and unknowable...As a teacher he came as close to the work of art as we could hope for," said Maeda...
...start things off, on consecutive nights in Los Angeles, something close to the ultimate hitter's and pitcher's daydreams were played out in such implausible detail that it strained decency. The A's led in the ninth inning of the first game, 4-3. Had there been one out instead of two, two on instead of one, that would have been enough. But the win-or-lose situation was perfectly framed, as that stubbly spirit Gibson emerged from the infirmary to take his only hack on crippled legs that said home run or nothing...
...biggest takeover in U.S. history: a $17.6 billion leveraged buyout by management of the tobacco and food conglomerate. (Among its top brands: Winston cigarettes, Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Life Savers candy.) The RJR executives, with the help of the Shearson Lehman Hutton investment firm, hope to borrow close to $16 billion to finance the deal. If the transaction is completed, it would eclipse Chevron's $13.3 billion acquisition of Gulf Oil in 1984 as the largest takeover ever...
...vote drive. But as the slugging reaches its climax, many blacks and Hispanics are likely to be reminded of their traditional opposition to the Republicans. Finally, there is a factor difficult to evaluate but potentially important: the press and TV love the drama of a close election. Having come near to writing Dukakis off, the media can be expected in the campaign's final days to search out and perhaps magnify any signs of Democratic revival...
What will historians say about Winston Churchill a hundred years from now? The question is pertinent -- inescapable, in fact, because nearly a quarter- century after his death, we may remain too close to make an accurate judgment. Of all the larger-than-life figures of World War II -- Roosevelt, Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini -- Churchill remains the hardest to assess. Rarely has a great leader been so often right. Or so often wrong...