Word: closeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brattle St., with its close proximity to Harvard, is often regarded as the liberal stronghold of a liberal city. But the widely publicized story of the Commonwealth Day School has prompted many to charge that the progessive image of both city and neighborhood is little more than a facade...
This was my first crisis. Winning teams burden their fans with emotionally taxing tasks like check- ing the out-of-town scoreboard. But I was afull-fledged teenager now, and I was ready for thepsychological strain of a pennant race. In 1984and 1985, the Mets came tantalizingly close, yettheir second-place finishes were acceptable. Afterall, they weren't supposed to be any good. Theyplayed well. They tried hard...
...greatest concern," the Yale report says, is that "Yale is close to the bottom, and never exceeds midrange compared to the other institutions, for nearly all minority-group categories...
Jose Blandon, a Panamanian defector and former close aide to Noriega, said in Washington a leader of the assault told him by telephone Noriega was wounded and captured...
...message is simple: it doesn't matter who you are or where you stand in this society--for those five minutes in front of the mirror every morning you are getting just as close, just as comfortable, a shave as the chief executive officer of a multinational corporation. Sudden material equality for $3.75 (three razors included...