Word: closer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says he supports a political council--up to a point. "More than anything else, I think the council needs to have its ear closer to the ground and closer to the students' voices in order to prevent politics from becoming an end in and of itself...
...official report on the financial results for the fiscal year 1987, Scott said, "Real increases of this magnitude are probably not sustainable in the future; the pattern will be closer to the historical one of a point or two above inflation...
Roger Welliver is flat. More than flat, he is almost completely off pitch. The song -- I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen -- calls for an F, but the note he is bellowing this scorching July morning in San Antonio is closer to a B flat. The problem is partly the fault of a ruddy young man in Big Smith overalls who has sounded the wrong note on a pitch pipe, but the small group of onlookers doesn't know that. They poke one another and guffaw...
...Even in college, at beer parties, I would have the attitude of a 54-year-old," says Lawer. "When a child says, 'Mommy, Mommy, guess what just happened,' there is a difference in the response of a 22-year-old and a 42-year-old. The younger person is closer to childhood to share the wonder...
Unfortunately for Reaganites, this means their Revolution has failed to succeed in the country's most prominent political arena, the presidential campaign. The Reagan Revolution's excesses have immediately pushed both parties closer to the political center but has created no net movement to either side...