Word: nearly
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...near halfcourt, Scott took the ball away from Rosneck and slammed his second fast-break dunk of the game. On the next Yale possession, senior Dave Weaver blocked an Okonkwo shot, and Grancio hit a three-pointer, effectively quashing the Elis' hopes...
SETTING SUN FOR JAPANESE STOCKS Japan's economy purportedly grew fastest of all the industrial countries last year, had no inflation and near zero interest rates. Ideal ingredients for a booming stock market. Yet Japan's stock market is rolling like a snowball down Mount Fuji. The Nikkei 225 index dropped more than 10% so far this year, to 17689,and some 55% off its peak of 38915, reached...
...near to suicide and thinking of dropping out of Harvard," he quipped...
Adventure breathes throughout Hemingway's story: there's no doubt about this. The running to the front to save the soldier, the near loss of a leg -- this is all great stuff. But the fatal choice of two decidedly flat mainstream stars somehow reflects the movie's mindset that the story of Hemingway and a general idea of Hemingway's own character and conflicts with his nurse are enough, when what we really want to see is Hemingway, no-holds-barred, as close as they...
...appointment will most likely be based in the history department and will be a joint appointment with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Center for Jewish Studies, according to an announcement released by the history department...