This year is almost over, which means your annual review is getting closer by the day.
It hasn't been brought closer by the events of the past few weeks.
Sure, absolute perfection isn't possible, but we get closer by the year.
Washington cut Brooklyn's 59-33 halftime lead to 74-58 after three, and tried to get closer by intentionally fouling Evans, who came in shooting 50.4 percent at the line.
However, it remains very difficult to determine when exactly these stars were born or much else about them, since their faraway light is largely obscured by closer sources.
Fiji were run closer by a gritty and determined Samoa, trading the sort of big hits that are not supposed to have any place in the shortened game.
Mr. Walker says 142 pairs of "tube" stations are closer by foot than by train, once factoring in time spent descending to and ascending from the platform, and waiting.
When leaders in their experiment were in an unstable position (told that their role was dependent on performance) and confronted with a threatening opponent they, literally, moved closer to the threat, by placing their chair on average 15 inches closer.
Europe's firms can help themselves by forming closer links with their American counterparts (as British Aerospace has done by co-operating with Lockheed Martin on a new scout vehicle and on America's new Joint Strike Fighter).
In the last year these include, among others: Living Life in Full Bloom by Elizabeth Murray (Rodale), Letters from Paris by Janice MacLeod (Sourcebooks), Closer Than You Think by Debbie Heneghan (Hampton Roads), and Superhealing by Elaine Ferguson (HCI).
FORBES: From Dropout to Six-Figure "Book Mama": The Un-Schooling of Linda Sivertsen
The sweeping health care legislation signed by President Obama earlier this year is one step closer to being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court.
FORBES: Key provision of health-care overhaul ruled unconstitutional
Robert McEwen believes it's easier to strike it big by staying closer to home.
Many such states were old American allies who reacted by moving closer to China.
What does he -- what does he think he will achieve by going closer to the vote?
And yet, many of Europe's leaders believe the single currency can only be saved by much closer integration.
Other statewide Republican candidates, the poll found, outpaced Mr. Romney by claiming closer to 40% of the Hispanic vote.
Bush, who served as governor of Texas before becoming president, began his administration by seeking closer ties with Mexico.
Yet only a day later, attention was diverted by events closer to home.
Short-period comets have their short periods precisely because of their interactions with closer-by planets, which are already known to astronomers.
In Lebanon, online groups are creating a space that brings people from various sects and cultures closer together by demystifying their tenets.
As data accumulate (usually by getting closer to the time of the event being predicted) he sharpens and then further sharpens the predictions offered.
Euro-zone members have learnt that they have a direct interest in each others' economic policies, so have accepted closer monitoring by Brussels and their peers.
Design thinking can give companies good downstream advantage, which is why we increasingly see producers of commodities trying to add value by getting closer to the customer.
Although British and French hunters have not been brought closer together by the hunting ban, there have been contacts between them for centuries - notably exchanges of hounds.
The enemy quickly responded by maneuvering closer and throwing grenades.
WHITEHOUSE: Medal of Honor for Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has become increasingly involved in the nation's efforts to internationalize education by establishing closer bilateral relations with other countries in the field of education.
But a closer look by the folks at Fair Isaac, a business research firm and father of the FICO credit score, suggests that some industries are indeed riskier than others.
Retailers such as Macy's Inc. have honed in their store productivity through a program called My Macy's, which was designed to heighten sales growth by paying closer attention to merchandising.
But a closer look by the folks at Fair Isaac (nyse: FIC - news - people ), a business research firm and father of the FICO credit score, suggests that some industries are indeed riskier than others.
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