Word: almost
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Menzel said the sun will rise in the Eastern horizon almost totally eclipsed at about 6:40 a.m. Friday morning; totality will occur five minutes later and last for one minute. A partial eclipse will then follow for about one hour, he said...
...Plume de Ma Tante. This French revue is as funny and almost as silent as a Keystone Cops movie...
Wolfe landed down the St. Lawrence River from Quebec on June 27, 1759, aquiver with dreams of glory. But for most of the summer, he fretfully wavered between various battle plans while his army was cut almost in half by dysentery, scurvy and Indian raids. Finally, in desperation, Wolfe decided to strike. and at the last minute (possibly on the advice of spies) chose a spot that proved to be one of the weakest links in the French defenses...
Since it is almost certain that at least a large portion of the new grants would be allocated to other Schools, more vocal faculty concern with Harvard's participation in the loan program would seem to be indicated. "With the failure of Senator Kennedy's bill, the matter again is becoming one for faculty debate, rather than administrative detail," one highly placed University officer has stated...
Berlin remains unsolved, as does almost everything else of any importance. But the two leaders have sat together for twenty-one hours, and even if no solutions have emerged, no one can deny that such talks are a good thing. Conference will continue on most of the major questions, and, if both sides can discard some of their ingrained suspicions, some agreements may be miraculously produced. It may not be unduly optimistic to think that the Khrushchev visit and Eisenhower's springtime trip to Russia will make the important world issues not insoluble, but merely unsolved...