Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SOCIALLY, the term is meaningless. Jackson may have tried to create a coalition of minorities, but the "Rainbow Coalition" is closer to fiction than reality. Each minority has its own issues and agenda, and people of one minority may not feel any kinship with people of another ethnic background...
...their beers, thinking about nothing, or trying to. But they see her, and all the windows steam up. She is the star of her own show, and she loves it. The jukebox gets her dancing, sexy, like on a runway. Pleasin' and teasin'. Hey, college boy, dance with me, closer than sweat. Give me a long, deep kiss...
...Closer scrutiny of the benefits and risks is leading police departments to impose tighter restrictions on high-speed chases. But the strongest impulse for curbing the hit-the-accelerator tactic has been financial. Since a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision made it easier for citizens to sue municipalities, there has been an upsurge in lawsuits nationwide. Attorney Barry Waldman of Detroit has represented victims and their families in ten chases. The longest: a 22-mile, 90-m.p.h. race through residential streets that began when a motorist ran a stop sign and ended when his car killed a work-bound autoworker...
...closer look at college hockey reveals tremendous fan support, especially in the ECAC. Enthusiasm has not waned since the ECAC lost seven of its member institutions, which formed Hockey East...
...report also recommends giving masters theoption of placing stricter limits on gender ratiosin incoming sophomore classes. Currently, theratio of males to females in each house'ssophomore class must be between 1 to 1 and 2 to 1.The recommendations would allow masters to bringthose parameters closer to the campus-wide ratioof 1.3 to 1 if a pattern of imbalance arose...