1.   And as much as television pretended to explain Timothy McVeigh, its audience came no closer.

2.   A skyscraper planned for Columbus Circle has come no closer to construction than Columbus came to Asia.

3.   Officers spent the day talking with neighbors with homes near the canal, but came no closer to finding the mother.

4.   The Celtics would come no closer in the fourth.

5.   UMass could come no closer, however.

6.   Tree branches must be trimmed to come no closer than five feet to the roof of any structure.

7.   UCLA never came any closer than five points the rest of the game.

8.   Politicians, union officials and captains of industry argued over how to repair the economy but came no closer to a consensus.

9.   But Phoenix came no closer.

10.   The government gave no indication whether the two sides had come any closer to setting a firm date for the talks, to be held in Thailand.