Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson once again outshot the Terriers, and even killed off a two-man advantage late in the second, but could get no closer. Harvard ran out of steam in the third, managing only two shots...
...meeting with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, he had no advance assurance that his trip would not lead to an embarrassing failure. It thus entailed major political risks, both for the nations involved and for Carter personally. If he had to return home without having brought Cairo and Jerusalem substantially closer to agreement, he could be criticized for unwisely raising expectations, for wasting U.S. influence, and for improvising showy moves without any serious plan behind them. Said a Washington-based European diplomat: "It is extremely risky; to Europeans it seems even a little bit crazy. There is no fallback position...
...passed the contentious and convoluted Natural Gas Policy Act late last year. Unfortunately, gas producers ate the carrot, and are now using the stick on U.S. consumers. The bill, which went into effect on Dec. 1, relaxed the ceiling on domestic natural gas prices, allowing them to rise closer to world market levels. Congress hoped that this would encourage producers to find more gas. Not so. In January and February, the number of wells drilled declined by 7% compared with the equivalent period a year...
...only people who have a fulfilling love must break the most rigid taboo of society to share it. When Serge shouts through tears, "Poppa, I love you, even though no one's ever told you that because it's the kind of thing you don't shout!" we are closer to the real heart of the play...
...Berlin produces a series of memorable set pieces. In one celebrating German-Soviet Friendship Week (Hitler had decided not to invade the Soviet Union), there is an at tempt to disinter the bones of Marx from his Highgate resting place for reburial in Mother Russia; old Karl gets no closer to Moscow than he did in his lifetime...