Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thinclad performance of the afternoon ironically came in the men's hammer throw--one of the two events that traditionally is not calculated into the overall standings. On his first throw of the season. Crimson hurler Colin Bell chalked up a loss of 58.56 meters. That mark eclipsed the nearest competitor by a full six meters and qualified Bell for the nationals and the IC4As...
...small, dusty courtyard outside St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in the heart of San Antonio's sprawling West Side barrio, shirtsleeved Mayoral Candidate Henry Cisneros joked with small children and chatted with old people in Spanish. Polls showed that his lead was diminishing rapidly over his nearest rival, John Steen, a wealthy insurance executive from the city's heavily Anglo North Side. At stake: the opportunity to make Cisneros, despite a tantalizingly close race, the first Mexican-American mayor of a major American city. "Now is the time, compadres," the slim, Harvard-educated city councilman told them simply...
...style, his music has a strong, direct appeal. As Musicologist Mosco Garner has observed: "Of the three musicians who dominated the musical scene during the first half of the 20th century-Stravinsky, Schoenberg and BartÓk-it is the Hungarian master who, despite his intellectual control, remained the nearest to the instinctual, the irrational in music, and thus to the Dionysian spirit...
...have known everything in these three shows firsthand. Taken together, they make one realize yet again how indispensable the salon format is to a healthy art world. The curated survey, whose American prototype is the Whitney Biennial, always has patches of boredom and baldness, but it is still the nearest thing we have to the clamorous variety of the 19th century salon...
...meet began well enough for the Crimson. After four events, Harvard stood out in front with 24 points to nearest rival B.U.'s 20. Darlene Beckford, back from the Millrose Games that morning, ran an incredible race in the 5000 meters, finishing a full minute and two full laps in front of her nearest competitor with a 17:07. Nice to have you back, Darlene...