Word: closers
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...Lanka's bitter, 25-year-old civil war - Asia's longest-running conflict - has never been closer to a military solution. Since a cease-fire disintegrated in 2005, steady government advances first pushed out the L.T.T.E. from their positions in the island nation's east, then cut off most of the maritime smuggling networks supplying the insurgency in its northern stronghold. The L.T.T.E.'s de facto capital, Kilinochchi, is encircled by troops approaching on three fronts...
...island, and even judged by the narrowest tests of self-interest, it has an abiding need to ensure that its neighbors can savor the same peace and prosperity that Europeans now enjoy. From that logic of geography should flow two pressing priorities of European strategic policy: closer engagement with Russia and with Turkey. Both nations feel aggrieved at their treatment by Europe, Russia because (in breach of promises made in the early 1990s) NATO was extended not just to the borders of the old Soviet Union but actually inside them; Turkey because it thinks that the E.U. intends to dangle...
...cruiser slows as it draws close to its quarry, and its four Greek sailors gather at the front windshield. One of the men trips the Lambro's floodlights. Bobbing in the open sea 50 feet away are five young men, shielding their eyes from the sudden beam of light. Closer in, it becomes clear they are wearing only bathing suits and T shirts in the chilly night, sitting in an inflatable blue-and-yellow dinghy meant for beach play and propelled by two aluminum and plastic paddles...
...Drew Housman sat for most of the game. And Wright, battling on the blocks all night, looked superb down the stretch, tallying 15 points despite being in constant foul trouble.On top of this, freshman swingman Peter Boehm came of the bench and stepped in to play the role of closer. Boehm sank two late threes in the middle of the second half to silence New Hampshire’s only attempt to get back in the game.“All our freshman played well,” Amaker said. “Boehm had some great shots...
...define its larger mission: whether to advocate for political issues, or to push for better student life. Some council members concentrated on initiatives like the Endowment for Divestiture, a fund for students who wanted their senior gift contribution held in escrow until Harvard divested from Apartheid South Africa. Closer to home, the UC honored teachers with the new Levenson Awards and convinced Harvard to maintain summer storage. One of the UC’s sweetest successes during its first five years was the addition of chocolate milk to dining hall machines. Alas, it also had to deal with drier administrative...