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Word: closers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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There were 30 seconds left in regulation, so the Crusaders appeared to have plenty of time to try to get a first down and move closer. They chose to settle for a Hail Mary, which was incomplete in the endzone as time expired...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Outpaces Holy Cross | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Michael Doughty all melded together on Ruby Vroom to create nothing short of a miracle. Their second album, Irresistible Bliss, released in 1996, lost some of the momentum of Ruby Vroom (primarily because of the large number of bitter love ballads), although Soul Coughing found themselves a few steps closer to fame due mostly to the success of the upbeat, radio-friendly tune, "Super...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coughing Bears: Fracturing the Narrative and Other Misadventures | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...poll of 400 likely voters conducted earlylast week by The Boston Globe and WBZ-TV showedthat state races for attorney general, treasurerand secretary of state are closer than expectedbecause of the Republican leanings of independentvoters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cellucci, Harshbarger Vie For Election's Undecided Votes | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

McMullen says that the solution involves iterating a dynamical system on a sphere--more reliable than "Newton's method"--to get closer and closer approximations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chaos Work Earns McMullen Fields Medal | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

...head in the room; this will be his third birth in as many hours. "Pitiful pushin'!" he hollers, urging her on. By 2:04 she is groaning hugely. She has her hands clasped behind her knees, working hard, straining like a Russian Olympic weight lifter. She's getting closer, so Smith sets up his equipment and slathers on the antiseptic. "Pretty, pretty," he says. "Good work." At 2:14, Cothren announces, "It's half out." Christina bellows, "Pull it out!" "We don't pull this one out, honey," Cothren replies calmly. The umbilical-cord collection team has entered, gowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Life, And New Hope | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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