21.   Confronted by shrinking markets at home, Minolta, Canon, Sanyo and others finally are joining the rush to slash labor costs and get closer to consumers.

22.   He played even-par the rest of the way, never letting runnerup Bob Duval get closer than the final five-stroke margin of victory.

23.   Indian and Pakistani troops shelled each other in disputed Kashmir overnight, sending villagers fleeing for safety and convincing many that war was getting closer.

24.   Instead, you get a series of scenes that may or may not necessarily get you closer to where you should be, and that is the ending.

25.   New York cut its deficit to seven early in the fourth quarter on a pair of foul shots by Rice but failed several times to get closer.

26.   The last week could have been the most difficult for the Americans, even though coach Tony DiCicco eased up on the practice routine as the opener got closer.

27.   The Postal Service said that the move got him closer to a post office training center and Dulles International Airport.