1.   Auriemma said Oklahoma kept things close in the first half by pushing the ball up the court quickly.

2.   BC is getting close in its search to find an athletic director to replace Chet Gladchuk.

3.   Bright, close in, with plenty of elevators and escalators and lots of easily understood signs, TPA ought to be cloned nationwide.

4.   But everyone knows the contest is really decided the instant the last polls close in Alaska and Hawaii and the final absentee ballots are dropped in the mail.

5.   But Ramirez predicts that the plant will consistently be economical as the debt spirals to a close in the next quarter-century.

6.   Colombia and Mexico are currently the most offended, with Jamaica close in the running.

7.   Countless Afghans gravitated to Quetta, a city close to the border with Afghanistan, and close in culture and spirit to the area of southern Afghanistan.

8.   Every television station announces Reagan the winner before the polls close in the West.

9.   For other groups, the approaching conclusion of a memorable season has been enough to make the walls close in.

10.   He swept away a close in shot by Smyth and stopped the subsequent follow by Greg deVries.