Word: closers
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Handing out the syllabus is essentially the only duty of the first day. Putting the syllabus on the Web could help students and professors alike by helping move true teaching one day closer to the beginning of the term and by helping students know what a course is really going to cover in contrast to what a sexy paragraph might make them think. Currently, the helpful but at times outdated or incomplete list of books in the CUE Guide is the only hint to what books will be read...
Overall, the University inched 7 percent closer to its goal by June 1999, leading University administrators to talk with confidence about finishing the campaign...
Otherwise, McEnroe is enjoying the tour, still intent on winning, but more relaxed than ever and more involved with the folks in the stands. "The idea is to get closer to the fan," he explains. Literally closer too, because at each stop the tour erects a small, temporary stadium that enables everyone in the crowd to see the players up close. During the week of a tournament, the participants banter and mingle with the fans and sometimes set up tennis clinics for kids...
...mentor at Denver was the Czech refugee Josef Korbel, Madeleine Albright's father. This coincidence serves to highlight her differences with Albright, who has become the foremost proponent of an ideal-driven foreign policy. While Rice says that in foreign policy "America's values are extremely important," she hews closer to the tradition of Korbel and other realists, such as Hans Morgenthau, who place greater weight on defending strategic interests and tending to the balance of power...
...second explanation is proximity. Kosovo, it is said, is a lot closer to the U.S. than is Timor. As National Security Adviser Sandy Berger put it, Kosovo is "in the middle of Europe," while East Timor is "in Asia...