Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...percentage of the black vote; in Detroit blacks make up about 55% of the population. In his victory speech to a mostly black audience, Young pledged to be the mayor of "all the people." By way of conciliating skeptical whites, he added: "The campaign brought the races a little closer. Our job is now to reduce that polarization even more...
Hyland worked for Kissinger for eight years, Zbigniew Brzezinski for only eight months. Not surprisingly, he feels much closer to Kissinger, who was a demanding boss but also became what Hyland considers a "personal friend." Hyland says the two men are surprisingly alike, sharing a basic ideological conservatism and similar global political outlooks. But "Kissinger plowed new ground," says Hyland, while "Brzezinski is working the same soil...
...even then, Lady Luck reared her ugly head. Several Crimson runners, uncertain of the course, ran more than they were supposed to. The score should have been much closer than the 17-40 official tally...
Researchers at the Medical School have moved closer to establishing a cause-effect correlation between cigarette smoking and emphysema by inducing through tobacco smoke an alteration in the lungs of experimental animals. The alteration meets the definition of emphysema...
...possible at the front of the stage. In Dexter's case the practice seems to have developed during a brilliant career on the legitimate stages of Broadway and London's West End. For Levine it seems to be a case of wanting to bring the singers closer to both the audience and his own podium. They do sound forth more gloriously, as 19th century operatic idols knew. But given the virtually endless depths of the Met stage, the approach seems not only nearsighted but also perverse and, in the end, dated...