Word: closer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opening game features a well-devised trap. But the lad is too slithery to hold, and he is soon en route to maman, with fatal consequences for her. From that fiery shoot-out until checkmate, the contest becomes increasingly taut, vicious and engaging. At each turn, Laemmle edges closer to his goal. At every escape, Thomas becomes a little wearier, a trifle more dependent on a cast of peasants, restaurateurs, shopkeepers and devious intelligence operatives. None are so devious or inventive as he is. The most adept, of course, proves to be Quartermain, flown in to rescue the child...
...gallon of unleaded gasoline, which costs roughly 95 cents, is nearly a third cheaper now than it was eight years ago. When inflation is taken into account, the price decline is closer to 50%. Raising the federal gasoline tax by 50 cents per gal., from 9 cents to 59 cents, over the next five years would renew drivers' interest in fuel conservation...
George Shultz has long argued that the U.S. Secretary of State needs a large and secure home where he can entertain visiting dignitaries. Last week his wish came a step closer to fulfillment when it was disclosed that philanthropist Gwendolyn Cafritz posthumously donated her landmark mansion to become the Secretary's official residence. Cafritz, a Washington socialite who died Nov. 29 at age 78, set aside money from her estate to restore and maintain the $9 million mansion before turning it over to the Government...
...first glance, the 23-room neoclassical house seems a picture-book fantasy of wealth -- staid sweeps of off-white and gilt reflected in blue mirrors. But a closer look reveals some worn furniture that speaks of layaway plans and discount shops, pieces hauled over from the Presleys' prestardom house...
...from the same disease as Marlow, and must stay occasionally in the sort of hospital he lances so vigorously in the series. Potter insists that Detective is not autobiographical, "except for the illness, with which I'm overly, sickeningly familiar. And yet there's something about it that comes closer to the bone than I ever wanted or intended. I realized this when I first watched the rushes. I started to get clammy-handed...