Word: closer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Minnesota, fresh off upsetting Northwestern, the nation's number 10 team, anticipated a closer match...
...Huskies--the only undefeated team in Division I women's hockey--came into the championship game a heavy favorite over Harvard, but a pair of intangibles made the game a much closer match than last year's 7-1 Huskie win over the Crimson at Bright Center...
Frustrated with the power this "negligible" state has wielded in the past, critics have suggested a slew of reforms, from a national primary to a rotating system of state primaries. With each election year, the people, so convinced of the inadequacies of the Iowa system, seem ever closer to accepting these changes...
...before Americans condemn Iowa and its caucus, they should take a closer look at this week's results. While the final vote had its share of surprises, there is no reason to believe that the Iowa caucuses have single-handedly selected the next Democratic and Republican nominees...
...demands that the Sandinistas share power with the contras and Nicaragua's internal opposition. The contras said they were not even willing ! to consider a cease-fire until the Sandinistas make extensive changes in the constitution. Though the two sides agreed to meet again next week, they seemed no closer to a settlement...