Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard to regard his mysterious behind-the-scenes maneuverings as anything short of mediation. Wright's attempts to edge the Sandinistas and contras closer to talks made the Reagan Administration uneasy, if not downright furious. "We don't think it's desirable for the U.S. to inject itself directly into these talks," said State Department Spokesman Charles Redman. Fitzwater was blunter. "Anytime you start seeing stories of independent plans," he said, "you have to start being a little nervous." Others in Washington charged that Wright's horse trading usurped Reagan's foreign policy authority. Said Republican Senator John McCain...
...their roles as the Bards Damned by Their Gifts, perennial favorites since the abbreviated days of Byron, Shelley and Keats. The tragedy of Lowell and his circle is not that they were martyrs to an unfeeling society, but that they played their parts too fervently. As each man drew closer to his finale, he discovered too late that it was impossible to remove the mask...
...eleven children, she sells kalamansi, a bittersweet native lime, at market stalls in the city of Naga, 140 miles southeast of Manila. At night she prays hard, begging for protection against disasters that may strike at her, at her city, at her country. But the troubles keep coming closer. Two months ago rebels of the Communist New People's Army blew up four strategic bridges, severing rail lines between Naga and Manila. Soon after, the army escalated its war with the N.P.A., further disrupting the local economy. Then the market where San Buenaventura sold kalamansi burned to the ground. Crossing...
...this year, we're closer than ever to an outright Ivy League title...
...year ago Falwell stated that it was time for him to de-emphasize politics and stick closer to his base in Lynchburg, Va. That intention was deflected when he became emergency overlord of the scandal-pocked PTL ministry, only to quit in frustration last month. Now he will concentrate on building a new $30 million, 11,000-seat home for his Baptist church, increasing enrollment from 8,000 to 12,000 at his Liberty University and reinvigorating support for his troubled TV program...