Word: closing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...going to lie, Michelle Obama would be nice,” Ayogu said. “Barack would be a close second...
...economic concerns, many Asian-born students are choosing to attend universities in Asia rather than in the U.S. and other Western nations, according to an article published in the New York Times on Saturday. “The schools in Singapore are world-class, they’re close by, and they’re a lot cheaper,” said Harvard student Michelle B. Nguyen ’13, who was born in Vietnam and attended high school in Singapore. William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, dean of admissions and financial aid, noted the dramatic increase...
...court of the Malkin Athletic Center for the first time in the game and immediately dropped two kills. From there, Ingersoll helped catalyze a crescendo in her team’s play that eventually put the Crimson over Holy Cross (1-12) in overtime, 27-25.Harvard went on to close the fourth set in decisive fashion, winning the final game of its preseason schedule with the start of Ivy League competition looming this weekend. “It’s a good feeling to take into Friday,” Ingersoll said.Harvard’s performance...
...known about the inner workings of the Party and the fact the Party itself is struggling to adapt to the blinding speed at which China's society and economy are changing. That fact was acknowledged in the otherwise content-free and jargon-laden Communiqué issued at the close of the Plenum. According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Communiqué stated that "many problems exist inside the Party that run counter to new circumstances and the Party's character, which 'are severely weakening the Party's creativity, unity and effectiveness in dealing with these problems'... and 'severely' harming...
...garish. The real excitement comes from the unpredictability of the outcome. It's not just that opinion polls show the CDU and FDP tantalizingly close to attaining just under half the votes they'd need to form a government. A few percentage points could change the picture entirely. But Germans don't even know how many politicians will get elected, since the Bundestag is one of the few parliaments in the world where the number of seats can shift with each election. (Read "Germany's Election: Divided They Stand...