Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...longer Brown campaigns, the closer he gets to this goal. Though he is running against three former Congressmen and one state party chairman, all white, he is clearly in the lead. That has put the party in a bind: his election would alienate many whites, but a last-minute defeat would be seen as an abandonment of party principles. Because of his connection to Jackson and, yes, his color, Brown's talents as a cajoler and conciliator have been thoroughly tested during this campaign. If he succeeds in becoming the symbolic leader and video face of a party that...
...equestrian team deserves varsity status and facilities closer to Harvard. We suggest opening a stable in the Yard...
...hypothesis of a double supernova, however, was collected by Kirshner and his co-workers while examining the remnant of an ancient explosion, which took place more than 4000 years ago. Astronomical observers uncover about 20 of such stellar fossils, which are less useful than phenomena occuring more recently and closer to the Earth...
Early next month, Puppis A will be studied more extensively at Cerro Tololo. "We'll see if it stands up to closer scrutiny," Kirshner says, though he will not be in Chile for the continuing observation of his hypothesized double supernova, he says. Next semester he will be teaching the Core course, Science A-35, "Matter in the Universe," and says he needs to stay in town "for sectioning and stuff like that...
...look at Reagan's proposals a little bit closer, we see them for the useless rhetorical exercises they really are. In calling for parents to teach their children an "unambivalent appreciation of America," Reagan suggested today's youth ought to learn more about the American soldiers who bombed Tokyo and stormed the Normandy beaches...