Word: closeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Marion Jones, the fastest woman in the world, and her husband, world champion shot-putter C.J. Hunter, were on hand at Lavietes Pavilion to watch their close friend, Harvard junior center Melissa Johnson, lead the Crimson (3-2) to an 83-50 blowout win over Sacred Heart (1-3) to claim the Harvard Invitational title...
...Yorker close to Clinton describes the problem this way: "She can't stay way up in the clouds. She's got to come down." But she remains distant, shielded by her old, fierce band of loyalists (former chief of staff Maggie Williams has come back from Paris to help). Remaking herself won't be easy, especially in a year when the press is busy gauging each candidate's authenticity. So far, her attempts to turn herself into a New Yorker have been amateurish. When the Chicago native proclaimed herself a closet Yankees fan, when the Methodist disclosed her Jewish roots...
...very close to the other patients in treatment. Your weaknesses are on display, and you trust the others not to attack you where you are soft. It's how the place works; you're all supposed to get better together. We gathered twice a day for two-hour sessions to process issues of grief, relapse prevention, fears, depression, abuse and insecurity. We were supposed to acquire greater awareness of, and healthy respect for, the disease of addiction by identifying with other addicts, the theory being that it's easier to recognize the manipulations and dissemblings in another person than...
...weeks ago, a peak for the year. Those returns have slipped a bit since, but munis still offer relatively high rates. They are yielding more than 90% of a comparable Treasury bond, the result in part of an abundant supply. "Historically, muni yields are not this close to Treasury yields with the same maturity," says Mark Tenenhaus, director of municipal research for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The kicker is that the muni bonds are tax free...
...tall tower and "a little flinch in the sky." While he looked, "the whole thing came down." As it toppled, the scores of kids who were on it scrambled. The lucky ones escaped. The rest were entombed in a mess of logs and wires. After close to 24 hours of furious searching, there were 12 dead and 28 injured, some critically, and a heartbreaking pile of questions: Did the center pole snap? Were sufficient precautions taken? Was there any adult supervision? And is any ceremony worth the risk...