For now, the speculation about closing appears to be over.
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser who is indeed close, appears to be staying, as does his press secretary Robert Gibbs, one of the original Obama team.
Another story that starts in Brazil (which is perhaps appropriate this weekend, as the World Cup comes to a close) appears on Spiegel International.
So, for woodpigeons at least, the old adage of "keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer" appears to be advantageous.
As the week draws to a close, appears on Saturday and completely destroys the barriers.
Indeed, when the details were considered, each closing appeared to be due to fiscal realities.
At times, his wife, Sarai Sierra, seemed hauntingly close, appearing briefly in snippets of surveillance footage gathered by Turkish authorities.
Furthermore, the disruptions of routines in schools scheduled to be closed appeared to hurt student learning in the months after the closing was announced, the researchers found.
The mayor and Mr. Conway are, by all accounts, very close, appearing often together in public here and recently going to Paris on a business trip.
The list of steel mills to be closed appeared to emphasize smaller, older mills producing fairly low-end grades of steel.
