Word: almost
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems almost natural when a 2,500-lb. bull rhinoceros crashes out of the undergrowth in a full thundering charge. "Here, Macho," Bentsen calls. "How 'bout an apple for breakfast?" The massive beast puts on the brakes just short of a six-bar iron fence that separates man and animal. With a deft twist of his heavy, pointed lips, Macho plucks a slice of apple from Bentsen's hand. Bentsen reaches through the bars to scratch the leathery muzzle. Rhinos are slow-witted, almost childlike creatures that when startled tend to charge first and ask questions later. But once...
Skeptics were obliged to note that the conspicuously misnamed organization had long since begun to run out of gas. Moreover, thanks to the gaudy peccadilloes of televangelists like Jimmy Swaggart, TV preachers today provoke almost as much disfavor as liberals...
...last week he managed to confound his critics. He broke a decade-long impasse by proposing major steps to reduce acid rain, smog caused by auto exhaust and toxic chemicals discharged into the air. In a political tour de force, he managed to draw at least grudging acceptance from almost all sides. Environmentalists were pleased that the plan met their minimum goals. Industry grumbled about heavy costs: $14 billion to $19 billion annually by the end of the year 2000. But utility executives sighed with relief that they would be allowed to choose whatever they found to be the cheapest...
...itself: form follows grain. He has gathered an extensive collection of lumber that includes slabs of Carpathian elm, Oregon myrtle and French olive ash. Nakashima says, "I'm something of a Druid," and he sallies into the woods to check promising trees himself. "I use logs that would be almost useless to commercial furniture makers, with their concern for regular grain and thin veneers," he adds. "If a tree has had a joyful life it produces a beautiful grain. Other trees have lived unhappily -- bad weather or a terrible location. We use both kinds...
...everyone in Paris felt a little older. "Chang's young," he said. "Maybe he doesn't think that much." By four months, Chang displaced two-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker as the youngest major champion of the modern era. With his charming, sidearm delivery, Becker, 21, said, "Almost-the-older-ones you have to call...