Word: closers
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...global economic ties bring the world closer together, the international role of English will be increasingly more significant. With so many of our trading partners speaking English as a second language, standard English may soon be more common in foreign business capitals than in the United States. Americans have the luxury of speaking the universal language from birth, but we are rapidly sacrificing our birthright on the altar of slang...
Michael J. Sandel, associate professor of government, hit closer to themark. "I'm rooting for the Red Sox but sadlypredicting the Mets. I have no bets, just hopes...
...case is not entirely consistent. If the Administration is correct in arguing that the summit showed the stopping of SDI to be Gorbachev's goal of goals, then it is hard to discern much ground for its simultaneous contention that the Reykjavik meeting brought a comprehensive arms deal much closer. Says Poindexter: "If they really want to kill SDI, which it appears is their motivation, there is no way we can come to an agreement on that. There is no way we would ever agree to eliminate all ballistic missiles without a defense system...
...them wish they were closer...
After Wylie competes in the Portland, Maine, SkateAmerica Competition later this week, he will fly to Moscow to participate in the "Prize of the Moscow News" competition, a different sort of international skating meet. Early in February, Wylie will then attempt to move closer to obtaining the Men's National Title when he skates in the National Figure Skating Championships in Washington state. "That's going to be during spring shopping week," he muses...