Word: closers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Members of Harvard's gay community praised the decision by a Circuit Court Judge in Hawaii which moved that state one step closer to recognizing same-sex marriages...
...made him who he was, to piss off as he went to L.A. for a $120 million contract via free agency. The decision wasn't because of the tradition of Lakers' big men or the past glory of Showtime, it was to make some extra cash and be closer to the studios so that Shaq can record a couple of rap tracks during halftime...
...hockey coach, like the puzzle solver, looks for a combination of moves that will take him closer to a goal. This often demands a willingness to change things around, to attack the problem from a different direction, to break up an intact line for the benefit of the whole...
...Hampshire, on the other hand, was a much closer game, as Snowden's seven points in the final 48 seconds ensured the nine-point victory. As a team, the Wildcats out- rebounded the Crimson, 38-36, but Harvard scored 10 more points from the free-throw line and shot nine percentage points better from the field...
...power by the political parties have deterred serious consideration of campaign-finance reform [NATION, Nov. 11]. It is time to stop the rhetoric and reduce the role of special-interest money in politics. Meaningful campaign reform will help mend our broken democracy; out-of-control money-power moves us closer to being a plutocracy. The most thoughtful and eloquent promoter of campaign-finance reform is retiring New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley. Come January 1997, one of the best things President Clinton could do would be to appoint Bradley to head a bipartisan commission to come up with ideas for reforming...