Word: closely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest of the half saw the action go back and forth with no further scoring. Harvard had a chance when senior Armando Petruccelli led an attack, gliding by numerous Providence defenders. After a beautiful pass, an open Oslowski unleashed a shot on goal from close range that sailed just over the net and the head of a relieved Cardenas...
Providence then came back with a chance of its own. A corner kick sailed over the Harvard defenders and the ball ended up bouncing dangerously close to the net. Fortunately for the Crimson an attempted bicycle kick flew wide to the left keeping Harvard ahead by one at the intermission...
George Bachrach, Democratic candidate for the Eighth Congressional District, was confident on election night last September. The candidate who had coined himself an "unrepentant, unabashed and unreconstructed liberal" thought he was going to pull out a close victory...
Indonesia's own attempts to restore order to East Timor, a small territory north of Australia it invaded in 1975, have failed dismally. The anti-independence militias behind most of the violence have close ties to the Indonesian military, and additional Indonesian soldiers sent to East Timor last week reportedly have turned a blind eye to militia violence. As a result, hundreds of East Timorese have been killed over the last week. Thousands have been driven from their homes. Dili, East Timor's capital, is a ghost town...
...week with a terrifying regularity. Mornings dawned in a foreboding calm. With the heat of midday, rumors flew--of thugs gathering, forming roadblocks, seeking those who support independence for the half-island of East Timor. By late afternoon shots were heard. At nightfall, streets were empty; most citizens stayed close to home...