As the 1970s drew to a close, Arafat seemed untouchable.
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Clinton when it first drew to a close last summer.
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But as 22014 drew to a close, there was another spike.
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As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the sartorial backlash began.
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As his tour drew to a close, Mr. Schute began to feel anxious.
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As the meeting drew to a close, a man with a video camera entered.
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INVESTORS WERE skittish as 2018 drew to a close, fretting about global economic prospects.
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Washington for Jobs and Freedom drew to a close, the male leaders made their
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As last year drew to a close, however, Dimon concluded that he wouldn't run.
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As the case drew to a close, both sides projected optimism about their arguments.
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As the 19th century drew to a close, this began to change a bit.
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The eight-day hearing - the longest in Singapore's history - drew to a close on Thursday.
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As her posting in New York drew to a close, Zakharova had a few options.
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As the press conference drew to a close, the boys delivered messages to their families.
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As the week drew to a close, I started to get thirsty in between bottles.
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Speaking up As the year drew to a close, Trump's strength -- and influence -- was growing.
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"I have one more question," a boy asked, as the session drew to a close.
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In 1945, as World War II drew to a close, his family fled to Berlin.
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The government withdrew its request the next day, and the issue seemingly drew to a close.
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As 2017 drew to a close, the so-called caliphate of Islamic State (IS) had disintegrated.
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A sharp decline in bond prices during April abated as the month drew to a close.
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An eight-day hearing - the longest in Singapore's history - drew to a close on March 29.
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As the week drew to a close, the market's focus turned to the April jobs report.
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As one investigation drew to a close, a new complaint started the cycle all over again.
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As the event drew to a close, the president referred to his wife and Mr. Pence.
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It will restart its quantitative-easing (QE) scheme, which it drew to a close last year.
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As this frantic week drew to a close, Republicans seemed to be on the back foot.
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Goldman's announcement comes as the annual UN climate change conference drew to a close in Madrid.
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But as the show's highly anticipated eighth season drew to a close, there were many mixed reactions.
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Back in 2007, HBO left fans similarly bereft and divided when "The Sopranos" drew to a close.
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As the meeting drew to a close, both sides appeared to be optimistic about closing the deal.
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That left the index down 1 percent in 2016 as the first quarter drew to a close.
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As the year drew to a close, speculation over Microsoft's 2018 mobile efforts started to get interesting.
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"I'm going to continue to attack the press," Trump said as the event drew to a close.
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I picked up with the Buckeyes just as the regular season drew to a close in June.
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"We made a couple of deals," he said as his weekend of interviews drew to a close.
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Virginia lawmakers voted to decriminalize marijuana Sunday as the state's 85033 legislative session drew to a close.
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A viewing for the 41st president at the hushed Capitol Rotunda drew to a close on Wednesday morning.
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That left mobile chief Richard Yu fuming in off-script remarks as the event drew to a close.
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As the meeting drew to a close, one of the residents sitting behind me remarked to his friend.
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AS 2016 drew to a close, a resignation letter from Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, lit up social media.
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As the night drew to a close, Butch and Tyler grew emotional as they hugged each other goodbye.
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As 2015 drew to a close, you might be forgiven for thinking the encryption debate was all talk.
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" As the difficult exchange drew to a close, Bell said, "Today's a big day for them with Bahrain.
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He was a worthy adversary and then, as the Cold War drew to a close, a great friend.
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As the third quarter drew to a close, Italy stood out as the bloc's best-performing bond market.
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As the third quarter drew to a close, Italy stood out as the bloc's best performing bond market.
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The core facts are straightforward: As Barack Obama's presidency drew to a close, the DNC was deep in debt.
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The JanSport Bonfire Sessions, lovingly curated by Noisey for the last two years, drew to a close last weekend.
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As the second world war drew to a close, the three remaining Great Powers gathered together in Yalta, Crimea.
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When 2015 drew to a close, the doors were shut on two of Manhattan's few remaining stand-alone diners.
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As the Cold War drew to a close and the Soviet bloc collapsed, China found itself at a crossroads.
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As my conversation with Soros in Southampton drew to a close, I thought I picked up a little vulnerability.
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Still, as the 2010s drew to a close, the Disney kingdom may have been the happiest place on earth.
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CNN spoke to about half of the total of 17 witnesses as Trump's impeachment trial drew to a close.
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As the decade drew to a close, Amazon signaled that it will begin expanding into a new field: healthcare.
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But as the trading day drew to a close, investors began to buy up utilities and other dividend-paying stocks.
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The issue was on the mind of Christopher Kane, in any case, as the London season drew to a close.
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But yields on the bloc's higher-rated bonds were once again heading lower as the week drew to a close.
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Linus added that Premier Li's press conference as the National People's Congress meeting drew to a close contained few surprises.
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In 2013, as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second term in office drew to a close, Tehran found itself in a similar position.
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" As the class drew to a close, Burgess delivered a favored koan—"What's the most important thing in the circus?
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As the summer of 1977 drew to a close, twin siblings bid farewell to Earth to explore the ultimate frontier.
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Erin Maye Quade's (D) protest began on Tuesday and drew to a close on Wednesday morning, the Star Tribune reported.
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Most government bond yields across the bloc were up 2 to 6 basis pointsas the session drew to a close.
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But as 2017 drew to a close, so too did the chance for Mr. Brownback to get a confirmation vote.
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As the evening drew to a close, a series of desserts was served, including a crème brûlée infused with red seaweed.
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As an evening that mostly celebrated dewy-skinned teen idols drew to a close, the grizzled old guard seized their moment.
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As the year drew to a close, the punch line of our national catastrophe appeared to be that we'd lost touch.
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Copenhagen Fashion Week FW20 drew to a close yesterday and despite the gloomy weather, there was a palpable sense of hope.
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As the quarter drew to a close, the pan-European index managed a modest gain - its second quarter in the black.
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At the same time, the distant world beyond the conflict was changing fundamentally as the Cold War drew to a close.
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The Democratic presumptive nominee's decision comes on the heels of the Republican National Convention, which drew to a close Thursday in Cleveland.
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As West's meeting with Trump drew to a close it was unclear whether it had prompted any actionable change of this kind.
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Yet as 2015 drew to a close, the specter of Boko Haram loomed as large as ever over Africa's most populous state.
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The spectacle inside the courtyard soon drew to a close, with the intelligence officer signaling that it was time to wrap up.
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In London, Florence, Milan and now Paris, where the collections drew to a close Sunday, a pall has hung over the proceedings.
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As March drew to a close, Johnson withdrew from the race and threw his support to his vice president, Hubert H. Humphrey.
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As a rollicking game drew to a close Sunday night, Coach Gary Kubiak and the Denver Broncos had a decision to make.
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As her high school career drew to a close, though, she found herself wondering whether she would be able to continue playing.
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As our trip drew to a close, I found myself lamenting the fact that there isn't a Wegmans near where I live.
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As my trip to China drew to a close, I started to reflect on what we in Silicon Valley can learn from China.
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As this past February drew to a close, Beyoncé — the United States' reigning monarch — posted a photo of herself and husband Jay-Z.
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In December 2016, on the streets of Kinshasa, Mr Kabila met his biggest test as his term as president drew to a close.
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As the meeting drew to a close, Mr. D'Vorkin added, "Somehow, we are going to figure this out so we can move forward."
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As summer drew to a close, we had a daily battle with our 3-year-old son to wear pants instead of shorts.
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And, as the year drew to a close, Trump returned to a much more combative footing regarding Schumer and Pelosi, and Democrats generally.
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But as the trip drew to a close on Monday, it was unclear whether he had made any notable progress on that front.
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"Is it finally time to take the 'Shitty Media Men' list seriously?" asked Marie Solis at Newsweek as December drew to a close.
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But as the month drew to a close and the weather got slowly and steadily warmer, I was feeling the chill more and more.
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THE G73 SUMMIT drew to a close on August 26th in the French seaside town of Biarritz amid improbable displays of goodwill and bonhomie.
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We also looked at the March performance report card for stocks and currencies around the globe as the month's trade drew to a close.
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As the day drew to a close in the Philippines, there was no word yet of whether the group had carried out their threat.
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The current fight drew to a close, and two of the youngest boys swept up the footprints, blood, and scattered feathers from the pit.
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The pre-trial hearings, which have been going on since January, drew to a close on Monday as the prosecution presented its last witness.
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Even though the event drew to a close on Tuesday, regulators are unlikely to now roll back many of the tighter regulations, analysts said.
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When the hearing started, court officials expected 88 women to speak; that number had nearly doubled by the time it drew to a close.
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As this year's summit drew to a close, Merkel reaffirmed her commitment to lead a European Union that must have control over its destiny.
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As the last ice age drew to a close some 10,000 years ago, the mainland population perished, victims of climate change and human hunters.
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As his campaign drew to a close, he adopted this "drain the swamp" mantra, and drew huge applause from his base for it. 5.
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And as the hearing drew to a close, he offered a grim warning for the lawmakers present and the American public watching at home.
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As the rush drew to a close, transit workers positioned at help desks and officers monitoring the area smiled and waved at familiar faces.
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As the referendum campaign drew to a close, Mr. Morales struggled to defend himself against a scandal involving an illegitimate child and accusations of corruption.
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"I want to be sensitive for time because we are 15 minutes over the scheduled meeting," he said as the hearing drew to a close.
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Hours after Anna Wintour's annual coronation drew to a close, gussied-up peacocks with social media followers to stoke headed into the night's after-parties.
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But as the campaign drew to a close, many women had allowed themselves to imagine what a first female president would look and feel like.
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The debt surged by 41% in Obama&aposs first 1,012 days in office, ultimately ballooning by about 84% as fiscal 2016 drew to a close.
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Though their numbers dwindled as the war drew to a close in the mid-1970s, G.I. coffeehouses left an indelible mark on the Vietnam era.
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As his session drew to a close, Trump Jr.'s obliging interviewer asked him to name his most difficult moments as the son of the president.
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German and French five-year bond yields came off two-week highs to end up lower on the day as the session drew to a close.
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FBI boss Comey's 7 most damning lines on Clinton But as the investigation drew to a close in the late spring, Comey began having other thoughts.
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As the Soviet era drew to a close in Russia and Eastern Europe, the Lithuanian punk band Antis became widely popular, soundtracking the collapse of totalitarianism.
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And it was Ronaldo who restored the lead, his shot squirming under David De Gea, the Spanish goalkeeper, as the first half drew to a close.
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"We want dialogue with the government of Burundi," AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui said, as the summit drew to a close on Sunday.
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But as the 20th century drew to a close this arms race in antibiotics became harder because of their rampant use worldwide—on humans, livestock and crops.
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Then, as 2016 drew to a close, Russia brokered an end to fighting across all of Syira ahead of peace talks between the government and opposition forces.
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Overall British companies' results have driven sharp share price moves this quarter, and analysts were downgrading their earnings estimates as the results season drew to a close.
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He allows that not making pizza still weighs on him, but as dinner at Tratto drew to a close, he looked to be enjoying his new role.
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And as his 500th day drew to a close, Mr. Trump let it be known that he was not about to let his critics mar his celebration.
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Mr. Trump, perhaps realizing he may have to give up the rallies for a bit, stuck a rare somber note as his remarks drew to a close.
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The slowdown would confirm recent data reflecting a tepid macroeconomic performance as 2019 drew to a close, when manufacturing, consumer activity and other sectors undershot market hopes.
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The whole evening was a delight, and being around the dogs most certainly caused a spike in my happiness levels as the event drew to a close.
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Her plastic container, which sat on a table on the sidewalk, was still full of bottled water and aloe vera juice as the parade drew to a close.
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Except... As the ceremony drew to a close Trump was presented with a ceremonial saber, a token of appreciation from the Coast Guard to the commander-in-chief.
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"Iran should never under circumstances be allowed to get a nuclear weapon," Johnson said at a news conference as the G7 conference in Biarritz drew to a close.
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But by the time the class drew to a close, I found myself both mentally and physically drained (and not just because I was wearing a neck brace).
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Why the war in Syria is hotting up | March 2018 As 2017 drew to a close it looked as though Syria's seven-year war might be winding down.
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Maybe it was all the moonpeople, but as the show drew to a close I found myself thinking about part of Special Relativity that deals with time dilation.
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"Markets have breathed a sigh of relief this morning as the first U.S. presidential debate drew to a close," Standard Bank trader Inshaan Omar said in a note.
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After his show drew to a close, Mr. Keillor stayed onstage and began leading the audience in song, keeping them singing and swaying for perhaps half an hour.
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As 2018 drew to a close, Steve Pearlstein, the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist, published a book that would've been bizarre only a few years before.
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As the Vietnam War drew to a close — after inspiring a plethora of popular protest songs — the 1980s and '90s gave way to a relatively calmer political climate.
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On February 26, 2017, as the Oscars drew to a close, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty prepared to present the final and most prestigious award of the night.
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But as a tumultuous week of contradictory trade news and mixed economic data drew to a close, only the S&P 500 appeared poised for a weekly gain.
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Just like that Hurts more than doubled his yardage for the game and Alabama widened its lead to 231-228 as the third quarter drew to a close.
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As earnings season drew to a close with 21.2 percent of U.S. and European companies having reported, analysts said results were supportive but weaker than in the previous quarters.
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It picks up where Captain America: Civil War drew to a close, with T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) assuming control of his country's fate in the wake of his father's death.
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For weeks, the two hinted at a relationship on social media, making it official as Season 9 of the show drew to a close in the fall of 2015.
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Instead, the Note 8's battery got a few seconds of stage time as the company raced to rattle out specs while the press conference drew to a close.
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But other Democrats who spoke to VICE News in the halls of Congress this week as impeachment drew to a close sounded a lot more enthusiastic about the idea.
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As the election drew to a close, the Libertarian VP candidate Bill Weld even shifted to fighting for Clinton to win because he felt Trump was such a threat.
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Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson paid a fitting tribute to the elephants, telling the crowd, "This is a very emotional time for us" as the performance drew to a close.
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" As the segment drew to a close, Corker reiterated that he is seeing Trump "deepen and evolve," while adding, "but a candidate is just not what I'm focused on.
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As the session drew to a close on Wednesday, Senator Mitch McConnell led a round of applause for the Senate pages ahead of the last day of their term.
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As the session drew to a close on Wednesday, Senator Mitch McConnell led a round of applause for the Senate pages ahead of the last day of their term.
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In December 2019, as the decade drew to a close, thousands of 10-inch-long penis fish flopped ashore at Drakes Beach, about 50 miles north of San Francisco.
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The clip of Carlson's comments quickly went viral, and as his show drew to a close, Carlson — apparently aware of the stir he caused — tried to walk it back.
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Looking back, "Diamonds" peaking at No. 1 as 2012 drew to a close feels cosmically correct, considering 2012 was the year we were all panicking about the world ending.
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As eight years of a Democratic administration drew to a close, Heritage began developing in 2016 a list of 334 policy prescriptions that a new Republican administration could adopt.
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As March drew to a close, however, the S&P 245 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were on pace for their worst quarterly declines in more than two years.
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By trading drew to a close in Jakarta (0900 GMT), the rupiah had recouped some of its losses to stand 1.1 percent weaker than the previous close against the dollar.
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It was an emphatic back-to-back triumph for the host country, with victory coming in the two sports it cares most about as the Olympics drew to a close.
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Michael J. de la Merced ECONOMY Two reports to be released on Tuesday morning should better illuminate how the economy was performing as the first quarter drew to a close.
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But as the second day of the Waymo-Uber trial drew to a close, a quieter moment, one that dealt with the tricky nature of trade secrets, might become more consequential.
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Then, as the first round drew to a close, Hebert finished with four birdies in his final six holes to join Im on eight under at the top of the leaderboard.
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The style has been Groening's calling card since well before The Simpsons — prior even to Life in Hell, which finally drew to a close in 2012 after a 32-year run.
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The museum's mailing came in the wake of the refugee ban put in place by President Donald Trump on Friday evening, just as International Holocaust Remembrance Day drew to a close.
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Both came as the 60-day public comment period drew to a close for what would be the most sweeping overhaul in decades of the rules implementing the landmark environmental law.
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A women's rights group projected a pro-choice message onto the front of the Supreme Court as the first day of nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings drew to a close Tuesday.
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The yield on 10-year Italian debt dropped as much as 4 basis points to 1.87 percent, before edging back up to 1.90 percent as European trading drew to a close.
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Fake snow in Moscow: As the warmest December on record drew to a close, the city authorities tried to compensate by chipping ice from skating rinks and distributing it around town.
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Fake snow in Moscow: As the warmest December on record drew to a close, the city authorities tried to compensate by chipping ice from skating rinks and distributing it around town.
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As the second day of questions drew to a close on Thursday night, key lawmakers moved to fully adopt the nihilistic worldview that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has long espoused.
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As 2019 drew to a close, Buttigieg's campaign also sought to emphasize small-dollar donations by staging a competition in which donors could challenge one another to contribute the smallest amount.
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London Fashion Week drew to a close this week and, set against a backdrop of Brexit, the environmental crisis, and coronavirus, for many showgoers it was hard to justify its relevance.
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Trump makes JFK allegation As the GOP primaries drew to a close in May, Trump promoted a National Enquirer story linking Cruz's father to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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But a run of baskets by reserve Donte DiVincenzo helped Villanova take the lead, and as the half drew to a close, the favorites looked like favorites with a 37-28 lead.
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By the time the 2015 season drew to a close, Schwarber had rocketed to the big leagues, and the improvements the team saw in Contreras's catching had bled over into his hitting.
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In 20163, the government came close to not having money to cover benefits, but Congress came through with the funds at the 11th hour, as the fiscal year drew to a close.
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But as the century drew to a close, white supremacy movements gained traction and pushed hard to quash any notion that people of color might ever attain equal status in white America.
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Perhaps, a few months after his five years as Juventus manager drew to a close, they reflect his yearning to get back to designing game plans, to plotting victories, to celebrating titles.
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Then, as August drew to a close, other officials told lawmakers they were trying to gauge the effectiveness of the aid, a claim that struck congressional aides as odd, the officials said.
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But for all the Christmas cheer, there was a general restlessness as the long year 1919 drew to a close, without the clarity that so many hoped would follow the war's end.
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As his summer break from the University of Connecticut drew to a close last August, Alex Tan had one more goal before school began: to reclaim a world record in video gaming.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a close on Tuesday, thanked the people for their support and expressed hope for a peaceful future.
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As the aughts drew to a close, it started to seem as though the brand was everywhere: in Parisian Sephora; in Bed Bath & Beyond; in Brookstone; even in the minibar of W Hotels.
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But as 2015 drew to a close, and the world's attention was fixed firmly on Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, the Gambia announced that it, too, was henceforth an Islamic state.
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World stocks fell for the first time in four days on Thursday as a roller-coaster quarter drew to a close, while the dollar slid to a five-month low against the euro.
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As the rally drew to a close, I saw an anti-Trump protester become animated when he saw a man getting ready to burn an American flag and shouted at him to stop.
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Stocks in the U.S. closed slightly higher on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 2630 both notching their seventh consecutive monthly gains as October drew to a close.
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The spread between Italian and German 10-year borrowing costs narrowed as the U.S.-North Korea summit drew to a close, adding a relief rally on reassuring comments from Italy's new economy minister.
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But as Monday drew to a close, May was cheered and applauded by many Conservative lawmakers at a private meeting, having earlier spent more than two hours in parliament answering sometimes hostile questions.
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With mounting medical bills and few other options for income after her career drew to a close, Giove sought a new adrenaline rush: smuggling millions of dollars worth of marijuana across the country.
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But as the workday drew to a close, Mr. Grassley announced that the judiciary panel would vote on Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation on Monday morning unless negotiators reached an agreement by 10 p.m. Friday.
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ALBANY — If everything had gone according to plan, Thursday should have marked the beginning of a well-earned break for the state's 213 lawmakers, as the 2017 legislative session drew to a close.
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THE TOPLINE: President Trump's 21625-day trip to Asia drew to a close, with Trump on Monday praising his "great relationship" with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after the two leaders met in Manila.
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As the sale drew to a close, Gouzer and Gorvy, both on the phone with clients, bid against each other for the sculpture, raising the price from nine million dollars to twelve million.
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Taupin was also present at the screening, where crowds - including actors Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore and Shailene Woodley - erupted into applause as it drew to a close, while an emotional Egerton was in tears.
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Conceived of in 297 as the Vietnam War drew to a close, the BLU-2100 was built as a jack-of-all-trades to replace nearly all of the submunitions used in Southeast Asia.
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As Congress drew to a close this month, Sam Johnson, the chairman of the House Social Security subcommittee, introduced a bill that would slash Social Security benefits for all but the very poorest beneficiaries.
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That scene, one of many dramatic moments in a high-profile sex assault case that has gripped Canadians, came up again Thursday, as the trial of disgraced broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi drew to a close.
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Kim, Trump sign 'pretty comprehensive' document As the summit drew to a close, the pair put pen to paper on what Trump described as a "pretty comprehensive" and "very important document" during a signing ceremony.
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But as the campaign drew to a close, the candidates were locked in a tight race, a Marquette University poll found, after some Republican groups had already pulled television advertising to run in the state.
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As America's first week of social distancing drew to a close, I called Dr. Min Pok-kee, who heads up the Covid-19 response in Daegu, the South Korean city hit hardest by the epidemic.
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As the party congress drew to a close and Xi prepared to unveil a new leadership team during the national broadcast, some elderly residents gathering for lunch in the sleepy suburb of Fengxian expressed indifference.
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As the course drew to a close she would often have started to care for herself differently, more tenderly, as if she were a child; she would begin to feel the first stirrings of self-love.
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MADRID (Reuters) - The leaders of all of Spain's main political parties invited their supporters on Friday night to prepare for power, as campaigning for one of the tightest national elections in decades drew to a close.
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Hopes for more official economic stimulus for the economy and the easing of a bond market rally drove a broad rise in U.S. stocks on Friday, as a bruising week for markets drew to a close.
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One morning this past June, as the school year drew to a close, Melissa Ramos sat patiently at a desk, one of about 20 in a circle, waiting for students to finish filing into the room.
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Speaking on a panel Friday as the event drew to a close, Lagarde told the audience that central banks needed to lead the economic modeling of how changes to the environment should be costed and mitigated.
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BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Soccer's five-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi should be acquitted on tax evasion charges against him, Spain's public prosecutors' office said on Friday as the trial drew to a close.
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TROON, Scotland (Reuters) - As the British Open drew to a close on Sunday, all but two players were in the same situation as the galleries, mere spectators watching an amazing battle between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson.
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After many hard-fought months, the presidential primary season effectively drew to a close as Hillary Clinton notched major wins in New Jersey and California — all but guaranteeing her becoming the first female major party presidential nominee.
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In 2007, as the presidency of George W. Bush drew to a close, two-thirds of Americans thought the country was more politically divided than in the past, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center.
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Though a winner still hadn't officially been named in Iowa's Democratic caucuses, that didn't stop Hillary Clinton from seemingly declaring victory as her neck and neck battle with rival Bernie Sanders drew to a close Monday night.
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The ruling from the bench by Justice Danny K. Chun drew to a close a bizarre interlude that threatened to upend the prominent police misconduct case on the eve of Mr. Liang's sentencing, now scheduled for Tuesday.
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Calculator As 229 drew to a close, Manhattan landlords were offering concessions — a free month's rent, for example — at a higher rate, and sellers were closing above list price at a lower rate than a year earlier.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday complained about his media coverage as the second week of public impeachment hearings drew to a close, even blasting his preferred cable news network for interviewing a Democratic congressman investigating his conduct.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A total of 67 million Chinese tourists traveled around the country on Friday as the nation's Golden Week holiday drew to a close, state media reported, citing data from the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).
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As the year drew to a close, Trump's challenge to Congress had the effect of backing Democrats into a corner — the Dreamers may be popular with voters, but shutting down the government to protect them is not.
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As the decade drew to a close, the final backlog confronting the Department centered around employees who tried to blow the whistle around the issues discussed above, such as appointment wait times and errors in claims processing.
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As the warmest December on record drew to a close, little snow had fallen, so the city made artificial snow and trucked it to parts of the city center — and much of it quickly melted into slush.
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Italy's yields came off those highs as trading drew to a close, falling into the slipstream of a broad rally in euro zone debt after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration speech on Friday injected uncertainty into world markets.
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The House nonetheless voted in favor of the bill, and as 2015 drew to a close, the Syrian refugee issue was at risk of becoming part of the year-end omnibus bill amid discussions of a government shutdown.
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Brazilian soya, on par with American soya in May, opened up a wide lead before falling back as Brazil's export season drew to a close and hopes for a truce in the trade war briefly rose (see chart).
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Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterNative American advocates question 2020 Democrats' commitment House Democrats targeting six more Trump districts for 2020 Budget deal sparks scramble to prevent shutdown MORE (D-Mont.) addressed Abramovich as the hearing drew to a close.
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Upon leaving, the club released a bizarre statement which stated, per The Independent, that the midfielder's impact "gradually decreased as each season drew to a close," and that his "magic tended to fade later on" in each campaign.
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It came as the first week of the United Nations COP25 climate change conference drew to a close; next week politicians will take over from technical negotiators as they try to hammer out a global carbon trading system.
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If the three-day event, which drew to a close on Sunday, illustrated anything, it was that the divergence between the U.S. and the dominant European powers — Germany and France (the U.K. was MIA) — is greater than ever.
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"Overall an encouraging debut," said one European official as the G7 summit drew to a close and the Italian premier had not gone so far as to break the ranks of the European countries as feared by some.
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As 2015 drew to a close, the garage rocker was in the home stretch of a months-long touring cycle behind his third LP, Moonlight, which itself punctuated about five straight years on the road and intermittent studio visits.
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Billionaire hedge fund managers Paul Singer and Ken Griffin gave $2.5 million each to the Conservative Solutions PAC, an outside organization that supports Rubio, as 2015 drew to a close, according to Federal Election Commission data released this week.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments' courtroom battle with the IRS over disallowed tax credits drew to a close on Tuesday when lawyers clashed over whether the mutual fund giant was a bonafide partner in the production of chemically treated coal.
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FTEU3 lost 0.02 percent, and the spread between Italian and German 10-year borrowing costs narrowed as the U.S.-North Korea summit drew to a close, following a rally on Monday after reassuring comments from Italy's new economy minister.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was expected to be the only candidate considered to lead the International Monetary Fund as a nomination deadline drew to a close on Friday, two people familiar with the process said.
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As 2019 drew to a close, tennis pros, celebrities, and business tycoons across the globe were gearing up for one of the most exclusive events: the Necker Cup, an annual tennis tournament held on Richard Branson&aposs private island.
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"It goes without saying that this has been a very hard, difficult year for us," Sam Carter said as their Reading Festival main stage slot drew to a close last month, thanking the fans for their support throughout the preceding year.
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Sentencing in the biggest sexual abuse scandal in U.S. history drew to a close Monday, as a Michigan judge sentenced former sports doctor Larry Nassar to spend another 40 to 125 years in prison for three counts of criminal sexual misconduct.
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As Trump's speech drew to a close and the president gave his goodbyes and good lucks to the graduates, he lingered at the podium, waving and soaking up the applause like it had the power to regenerate his life force.
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But as we've seen in the Emmy-winning show's second season, which drew to a close this week, it was just another battle in the conjoined lives of Serena, a Commander's wife, and June, her Handmaid (who is called Offred).
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As the week drew to a close, I caught up with Liv and Laurel to ask them how it all came together, to talk about what it means to be Jewish in Berlin today, and to wish them mazel tov.
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LONDON (Reuters) - European shares closed slightly higher on Monday as soothing comments from Washington and Beijing about trade frictions between the world's top two economies provided some comfort for investors as a bruising year in equity markets drew to a close.
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BOSTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments' courtroom battle with the IRS over disallowed tax credits drew to a close on Tuesday when lawyers clashed over whether the mutual fund giant was a bonafide partner in the production of chemically treated coal.
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American country singer Vince Gill, a scratch golfer who played several rounds with Palmer over the years, performed an emotional rendition of Carole King's 'You've Got a Friend', with the congregation joining in, as the service drew to a close.
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Year marked by 'loss of comity' The farewell speeches came as the most recent session of Congress drew to a close in late December -- a session that has been punctuated by a series of bitterly contentious fights on Capitol Hill.
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Monroe's second husband, Joe DiMaggio, ultimately released her from the clinic after a few days, and as the letter drew to a close Monroe wrote about how her ex-husband gave her flowers the previous Christmas, and hinted at their continued bond.
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The meeting&aposs format and time constraints meant the Facebook CEO had only about 30 minutes to answer questions that took at least that long for members to ask, irking some of those in attendance as the briefing drew to a close.
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"When the television series drew to a close it was our dream to bring the millions of global fans a movie and now, after getting many stars aligned, we are shortly to go into production," producer Gareth Neame said in a statement.
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LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - European stocks headed for their best monthly gains this year on Friday as the third quarter drew to a close, while Volkswagen shares sank after the German carmaker said it had to increase provisions for settlements in North America.
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"We listened to today's Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Foreign Influence Operations' Use of Social Media Platforms closely," Justice Department spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement that was issued as the hearing drew to a close early Wednesday afternoon.
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On Thursday, the campaigns of Russia's two entrants in the Europa League, CSKA Moscow and Krasnodar, drew to a close with a whimper: Krasnodar, which still held out hope of qualifying on the final day, was beaten, 3-203, by Getafe in Madrid.
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A major international investment conference in Riyadh, boycotted by some top Western executives over the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, drew to a close on Thursday with the government announcing the signing of billions of dollars worth of deals or memorandums of understanding.
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Tension was high among Tesla's many fans and customers, but the company sought to project an air of nonchalance, Bloomberg's Dana Hull reports: Tesla's Fremont, California, delivery hub was packed with people Saturday evening as the last hours of the quarter drew to a close.
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As rivals like Jawbone grapple with the future, and the future of the smartwatch space looks downright dismal, however, the Fitbit has been making acquisitions, including the once promising smartwatch pioneer Pebble, which faced its own struggles as the year drew to a close.
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After it was retired in 1963 as the age of steam in Britain drew to a close, the Scotsman was sold to a businessman who took it on a tour of the United States where it was fitted with a bell, headlamp and cow-catcher.
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But the nuclear attack sirens, discontinued since the 1980s when the Cold War drew to a close, are being reactivated in light of recent test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles from North Korea deemed capable of reaching the state, agency spokeswoman Arlina Agbayani told Reuters.
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Mr. Patrick and State Representative Joe Straus III, the speaker of the House and a moderate Republican who said a bathroom bill could hurt the Texas economy, traded barbs as the session drew to a close last month in a rare public display of infighting.
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Toys that were loved and lost, then found and loved again, during "Toy Story" (1995) and "Toy Story 2" (1999), wound up, as the third movie drew to a close, not unloved but loved by someone new—a child other than their original owner.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - People in China made 415 million domestic trips during the Lunar New Year holiday, an increase of 7.6 percent from the same period last year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday as the week-long break drew to a close.
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I spent most of September swapping between the finest new Android flagship phones — the HTC U11, LG V30, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 — but as the month drew to a close and my trip to my native Bulgaria came up, I settled on returning to Google's Pixel.
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A trip of fascination As Trump's visit to Europe drew to a close Friday, White House officials were exuberant at how the President was received in Britain and France, believing his public appearances presented a man in command of his office and respected by America's closest allies.
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As the day's proceedings drew to a close, Romel Baral, a 25-year-old from Bengaluru in southern India who studied at IIT Guwahati and is presently employed at Goldman Sachs, said that his employers were actually the main reason he felt empowered to join the petition.
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And as the fourth season drew to a close, diving into deeply emotional storylines like Alba taking the US citizenship test and Xiomara learning she has breast cancer, the show threw out more and more winks to its telenovela structure that made it clear something was coming.
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LONDON (Reuters) - European shares clawed back losses on Friday, buoyed by a bounce on Wall Street as a turbulent week drew to a close and investors licked their wounds after the region's benchmark STOXX 22.4 sank to its lowest level since U.S. President Donald Trump's election.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Only 40 percent of Colombians will participate in a vote on whether or not to approve a peace deal with the leftist FARC rebels, a Gallup poll showed on Thursday, as negotiations to end more than 50 years of war drew to a close.
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Cost: $20 Billable time spent: one hour As the experiment drew to a close, I realized that my initial mistakes had come from the fact that I wanted a personal assistant to do my work, but I didn't necessarily anticipate the work of managing a personal assistant.
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Four decades ago, as a bloody United States military campaign across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos drew to a close, Congress overrode President Richard Nixon's veto to enact the War Powers Resolution of 1973, reflecting the legislature's determination to confront executive overreach as a coequal branch of government.
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His pictures of proud, angry, exuberant young Puerto Ricans taking over Third Avenue as flames rose from a barricade made of trash became emblematic of a global outcry from young people who were finding a voice for their rage as the '60s drew to a close.
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The four-game lead in the American League East that they held on June 12 has evaporated, but they began Friday just one game behind the Boston Red Sox and three ahead of the third-place Tampa Bay Rays as their long June drew to a close.
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In Congress, as the year drew to a close, House Bill 4038, which would have barred Syrian refugees, at least for a time, never came to the floor of the Senate, nor was it part of the omnibus — a pair of victories for McDonough and the White House.
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As the week drew to a close and the Fed's "quiet period" before meetings was about to settle in, investors recoiled over news that the central bank's most dovish official, Governor Lael Brainard, will be delivering a previously unannounced speech Monday at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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The season's centrepiece, "Things Fall Apart", is an interdisciplinary showcase of film, photography, propaganda and public art, and it sheds fascinating light on a relationship that has, in the West at least, been overlooked and largely forgotten in the years since the cold war drew to a close.
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As the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting drew to a close over the weekend, Tao Zhang, the deputy managing director of the fund, outlined his view on the global economy in his first interview with an international media organization since joining the IMF from the People's Bank of China.
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While Senate Republicans commended Democrats for a thorough and mainly respectful presentation, they gave no indication as the arguments drew to a close that they were ready to expand the scope of the trial, let alone to vote to remove Mr. Trump from office at the end of it.
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Only a few dozen members of Parliament attended the opening statements of the debate on Thursday — in contrast to the packed chamber for previous discussions on Brexit — but by the time the debate drew to a close hours later, most of the lawmakers had trickled into the room.
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As the decade drew to a close, the era of league activism crashed into the shores of China, where Daryl Morey's tweet of tepid support for Hong Kong protesters had prompted backlash while the Rockets' owner, the league and prominent players worked furiously to distance themselves from the situation.
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He'd released more critically acclaimed albums in a year than some artists do in their entire careers, built a cult fan base into a mainstream one, and found himself being heaped with praise for his self-lacerating music and innovative run as the year drew to a close.
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Directed by Fred Dekker, who co-wrote the script with Shane Black, it landed with a thud as the 1987 summer movie season drew to a close, but it picked up a cult following as the kids who missed its two-week theatrical run caught up with it on VHS.
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After all, a significant chunk of declining smartwatch shipments was laid at the feet of the OS's ongoing delay and, as last year drew to a close, studies like this report from IDC pointed to a dismal end to the year for a space so many were once so bullish about.
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LIMA (Reuters) - For two weeks the warmth emitting from the Pan Am Games took the bite out of the winter chill in the Peruvian capital but as they drew to a close on Sunday, some cold, hard questions about the future of the multi-sport showcase hung heavy in the air.
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PARIS — When the last model stepped off the runway at Louis Vuitton and the fall 2020 shows drew to a close this week, it was clear that diversity on the catwalks had become a genuine reality and not just a seasonal trend — at least as far as race was concerned.
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London Fashion Week fall '20 drew to a close last night with Burberry's blockbuster show and there was an electric atmosphere as the great and the good of the fashion, music, and film industries (think Hunter Schafer, Naomi Campbell, and FKA twigs) took their seats in the front row at the glittering event.
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"But as the [19th] century drew to a close—as a result of a racist downgrading of the Negro, the need for reconciliation of the sections and the desire to strike a posture of impartiality fairness, detachment, and objectivity—the professional historians worked to revise previous northern views of several related questions," Novick wrote.
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Fifty years ago, on Christmas Eve 1968,"a tumultuous year of assassinations, riots and war drew to a close in heroic and hopeful fashion with the three Apollo 8 astronauts reading from the Book of Genesis [to what was then the largest live TV audience in history] as they orbited the moon," AP's Marcia Dunn writes.
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On Instagram, though, there was but one moment that captivated and probably confounded those in attendance was the finale: As the show drew to a close, Lagerfeld arrived on the Chanel launchpad to take his bow and pushed the button for lift-off — which, to the surprise of nearly everyone, actually fired up the enormous space rocket.
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As the Berlinale drew to a close this weekend, I sat down with Decker to talk about convincing July to take on her role, getting work made that's focused on female characters and mental illness, and directing complicated films in an industry shaken up by #MeToo and Time's Up. BROADLY: This was an unusual role for Miranda July.
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Indeed, as the Milan collections drew to a close, they seemed to have largely discarded any effort to address bigger political or social issues, including sex, once a joyful playground for designers in this city (admittedly, it's a very fraught subject in Italy at the moment), and climate change, despite the fact it has been almost 60 degrees all week.
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As the expedition drew to a close in late September 2015, the four leaders prepared to depart from Kenya for other engagements, leaving Lunde, Langan, and a smaller number of expedition members to sort through the specimens and samples collected and prepare them for export to the Smithsonian or the UCSB; some specimens would stay in the country and be sent to the NMK.
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As the summer of 217 drew to a close – thanks to the genesis of his TS5 performances, which saw him DJ, MC and sing classics from his and other's back catalogues in venues across the country, and a sensational 1xtra appearance where he debuted a now fabled mash-up of "Fill Me In" and "Where R U Now" – it felt like a long dormant sentiment was stirring.
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The best explanation of differences in policies, then, is how far a city is from the East Coast of the US. They control for a big factor that might affect Western states more (the boom and bust of the agricultural industry as World War I drew to a close) and find few other observable differences between Western cities with strong policies and Eastern policies with weak ones.
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Fashion Review PARIS — In a telling piece of accidental theater, as the Paris couture shows drew to a close with the debut of the Chinese designer Guo Pei, whose work went viral last year when she made the poached-egg extravaganza Rihanna wore to the Met Gala, news also broke that Chanel, a tent pole of the Paris couture system and a notoriously private company, was losing its chief executive.
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The jury in the criminal trial against former Trump campaign chairman Paul ManafortPaul John ManafortTrial of ex-Obama White House counsel suddenly postponed Top Mueller probe prosecutor to join Georgetown Law as lecturer DOJ releases notes from official Bruce Ohr's Russia probe interviews MORE sent a note to the judge asking him to redefine "reasonable doubt" and answer three other questions as their first day of deliberations drew to a close.
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