So the Bulls know never to expect anything to come easily, certainly not a close-out game on their opponent's home floor.
When Linens and Things and Sharper Image closed, gift cardholders scrambled to use what they had with only depleted close-out inventory to choose from.
The SEC's anti-naked short-selling restrictions also continue in place, including a requirement that short sales be closed out within the settlement period, with penalties on further short-selling activity if the close-out isn't followed.
That regulation, called Reg SHO, went into effect in January 2005 and was supposed to impose strict close-out requirements on stocks that showed consistent and frequent settlement failures over a specific period of time.
But the pendulum swung back to Australia when Mills was yorked by Tait, Taylor sliced Bracken to backward point and Vettori survived a close run-out decision when he was given the benefit of the doubt by the third umpire.
Instead, Stardust merely sent back the images in the order it took them - from far-out to close-in.
Non-governmental commerce has so far seen nationalistic skirmishes, but nothing close to all-out war.
And last April, Sudan and South Sudan slipped close to all-out war in series of air and ground exchanges.
The two countries came close to all-out war over border disputes last year, and have since agreed to set up a buffer zone along the border.
In April, Sudan and South Sudan slipped close to all-out war with a series of tit-for-tat air raids and ground attacks that prompted the African Union and Security Council to push the two sides to act.
Edinburgh then took advantage of a wayward Ospreys line-out close to the home line, the defence caught flat-footed as Cairns crossed for his second try.
George Hill and David West each scored 21 points and the Pacers withstood a furious Atlanta comeback in the fourth quarter, beating the Hawks 81-73 on Friday night to close out the opening-round playoff series four games to two.
But Dusautoir was powered over from a close-range line-out to break the visitors' resistance.
Another objection is that, if privatised, the banks would close branches in out-of-the-way places.
The rush to close out too-expensive or too-risky commodity positions spilled over to the stock market by mid-week.
Soon after the split, tensions between the old foes escalated over outstanding issues, coming close to an all-out war in April.
And, along with Littler and Tyrer, Karl Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Smith, Phil Leuluai, Ian Sibbit and Luke Swain are all leaving, Salford having already started organising their close-season clear-out.
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The Montenegro-born 20-year-old has no titles and a career-high ranking of 152 but played with the composure of a seasoned campaigner to close out the match 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-4.
Hewitt, without a title since his Wimbledon win, took advantage of two double faults to close out the tie-break and the match.
Following at a close second is the out-of-the-money, back-month July 27 strike, where 1, 043 calls have traded on open interest of 2, 655 contracts.
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Pompey's Aruna Dindane saw his strike saved by Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard before Marouane Fellaini's close-range header was kept out by James' foot.
"But if there's a wedding or a funeral service going on, we will close out of respect - so they can have the whole chapel, " he said.
Police later found a burned-out vehicle close to the airport.
Cope managed to finally close out a 5-4 victory in a game which had already seen Ebdon react angrily after missing the final green as he went for a 147.
Posh keeper Joe Lewis had been busier than his opposite number but the visitors failed to close out the game - and Batt's goal means Strachan's team are now 13 points behind leaders Newcastle.
Firstly, Gall's goalkeeper Ronan Gallagher dropped a Paul McFlynn free before the ball was cleared but the custodian redeemed himself seconds later as he saved a close-range effort with an out-stretched foot after another McFlynn free had pin-balled around the small square.
Wasps took off their 34-year-old talisman Dallaglio on 50 minutes but his replacement James Haskell helped keep out a series of close-range Leicester scrums with 20 minutes left.
On Wednesday, Bolivian President Evo Morales -- a close Chavez ally -- said he had tried to reach out to Maduro to find out how Chavez is doing.
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