Word: closely
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Anyone not running for office can come up with a shopping list of budget cuts and new revenue sources (yes, yes, taxes) to close the deficit gap. The leadership challenge is getting at least 51% of Americans to agree to any particular list. A recent Gallup Poll for the Times Mirror Co. offered 20 possible deficit-reduction measures. Only three got majority support. Interestingly, all three were tax hikes: on people earning over $80,000, on alcohol and on tobacco...
...fight over succession really began in mid-August, just before the scheduled parliamentary election, when former President Sulieman Franjieh, 78, a close friend of Syrian President Hafez Assad, announced his candidacy. Assad, whose 40,000 troops in Lebanon reinforce his claim to be the country's dominant power broker, has been pressing for political reforms that would ensure a more equitable distribution of influence between Christians and Muslims. Muslims constitute an estimated 55% of the population. By tradition, the President has always been a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim and the Speaker of the National Assembly...
...under the basket by J.R. Reid shook the Brazilians' rhythm. By half time the U.S. had moved ahead 63-55, and a 21-7 tear at the start of the second half put the game beyond even the reach of Brazilian superstar Oscar Schmidt, who managed 31 points despite close coverage. (In a later losing effort, Schmidt sank 55 points, an Olympic record.) This week the Americans will probably face strong challenges from Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union...
...nipped by the Soviet Union's Erika Salumae in the final heat of their best-of-three face-off. "It would have been fantastic to win the gold medal," said Luding philosophically, "but it was not possible." An Estonian, Salumae, 26, has spent two years in close rivalry with the East German: in the 1986 world championships, she lost to Luding in the sprint final; last year she reversed the order...
...their face-off against a fast and scrappy French team, the defending champions once again started out slowly. The French came close to winning the first game until the U.S. rallied behind the strong spikes of Steve Timmons and narrowly edged out their opponents. The victory awakened the slow-starting Americans, who have been playing early-morning games throughout the series to accommodate prime-time TV coverage. They won the second game easily, and after losing the lead for a time in the third, finally put the French away...