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During the past few days, President Obama has steadily closed the gap and moved into a slight lead.

But in recent weeks, Mr. Robb has steadily closed the gap, thanks mainly to gains among women.

The range between the lowest rated section and the highest rated section has steadily closed, from 20 points in 2009 to 12 points in 2011.

Yeah," said Ainslie, having steadily closed the gap on Hogh-Christensen.

During the preceding three hours, the division of the French squadron in pursuit of Alexander had steadily closed the gap between the ships, Alexander responding by firing stern-chasers at the pursuers.

Benjamin Schachter, a financial analyst at Macquarie Securities who follows eBay, said the company's momentum is reflected in its stock price, which has steadily risen and closed at $56.10 on Wednesday.

McPhee, however, has steadily averaged close to a book a year.

He wore two hats, officials said, as the leader of Al Qaeda's franchise in East Africa and a top field commander for the Shabab, the Somali militant group that started as a homegrown insurgency but has steadily drawn closer to Al Qaeda and expanded its ambitions, carrying out a suicide attack in Uganda last summer that killed dozens.

But as Iran has steadily moved closer to bomb-making capability, and Washington and its allies have sought to stop the process short of going to war, the question has gained urgency.

As has been noted for some time, it has been steadily closing the gap in alexa comparisons with Slashdot, and now has more than 800,000 average daily visitors.

The USPS would not be competing with private banks as those banks refuse these low-income, high-risk customers, and have steadily been closing branches in these communities for years.