Word: closers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Before the meet we played with the line-up a lot," said senior Sandie Stringfellow. "The meet got a little closer than we had predicted, but we came through with some great races. It turned out to be a lot of fun and a great meet to start this year's Ivy competition and the freshmen's careers here...
Pratt: I imagine it's not easy to relate to. I spent a few years at the University of Illinois before going to the [Peabody] conservatory. I'd say that in terms of intensity, a conservatory program is closer to graduate work. Even a music major at a four-year program has a very different experience. "Competitive" is possibly a word to explain this, but let's just say the level is higher. People are really aspiring, and the focus of the people around you is different...
...make sure we're squeezing all the frequent flyer miles we can out of our lives, we all have United Airlines Visa cards. When my parents call me at school and then pay for the phone bill with their frequent-flyer card, we're all that much closer to a vacation...
Radcliffe finished with the same total score (187) as fifth-place Connecticut College and sixth-place Dartmouth, but lost out on tiebreakers. Radcliffe was also closer to second-place St. Mary's (172) than to eighth-place Charleston...
...Scientists may be closer to a blood test for mad-cow disease in animals. They've come up with a new way to detect prions, the infectious agents that cause the disease. Until now, the only way to track down prions has been to perform a biopsy on the dead cow's brain...