Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little bit closer to home, officials at Arthur D. Little (ADL), a Cambridge-based research firm testing chemical warfare agents for the Department of Defense, have been trying to convince local residents that their research poses no threat to the community's safety. And Cantabrigians aren't believing a word they say. The substances ADL is working with are 10,000 times more lethal than any other chemical currently being tested within Cambridge, one of the nation's leading research centers...
...They treat you just like cargo," goes a typical passenger gripe about cheap flights. That bit of hyperbole is getting to be closer to the truth as airlines battle to slash fares and frills. Eastern Airlines announced last week that beginning April 1 it will sell seats on late-night freight flights. The coast-to-coast fare for the "Moonlight Special" will be $98, in contrast to $129 for Eastern's least expensive daytime runs...
Journalese, the native tongue of newsgatherers and pundits, retains a faint similarity to English but is actually closer to Latin. Like Latin, it is primarily a written language, prized for its incantatory powers, and is best learned early, while the mind is still supple. Every cub reporter, for instance, knows that fires rage out of control, minor mischief is perpetrated by Vandals (never Visigoths, Franks or a single Vandal working alone) and key labor accords are hammered out by weary negotiators in marathon, round-the- clock bargaining sessions, thus narrowly averting threatened walkouts. The discipline required for a winter storm...
Clarkson had taken just six shots on net in the period, but don't let the numbers fool you. If the shooters had been any closer, they would have been behind...
With the way the Hockey East and ECAC tournaments have worked out, it seems logical to expect Hockey East to move into the Garden next year and see the ECAC move its event to Lake Placid, which is closer to most of the conference's contending schools...