Word: almost
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...long ago neatly captured the country's traditional attitude toward sex: IN THE SOVIET UNION, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SEX. As far as public discussion is concerned, the statement is not far from wrong. The U.S.S.R. has long been a society that is not just puritanical but almost completely ignorant about sexuality. The typical Soviet woman has nine abortions not because of liberal attitudes but because the procedure is a substitute for contraception, which is essentially unavailable. Says Igor Kon, a founding father of Soviet sociology and the nation's leading -- and perhaps only -- sexologist: "If you want...
Milken's unprecedented income was the result of his employment contract with Drexel, where he has been the firm's biggest source of profits as head of its Beverly Hills-based junk-bond department. Milken almost single-handedly created the junk-bond market, which has grown from $1 billion in 1981 to $180 billion last year. His downfall began three years ago, when arbitrager Ivan Boesky, collared on insider-trading charges, began singing to prosecutors about alleged stock-fraud schemes he carried out with Milken and Drexel. Last December Drexel struck a deal with prosecutors that called for the firm...
...Milken brothers' assets even before they are tried. Prosecutors are expected to ask the investment bankers to post a $1 billion bond to prevent such an asset seizure. Last week Milken said he would take a leave of absence from the firm to fight the charges. Said he: "After almost 2 1/2 years of leaks and distortions, I am now eager to present all the facts in an open and unbiased forum...
...eventually impales the vessel on a reef, causing millions of gallons of oil to gush from the mangled hull. Companies that boasted they had the equipment and manpower in place for a quick cleanup turn out to have hardly anything available and lose irreplaceable days getting into action. Then, almost predictably, the calm weather gives way to high winds that render their efforts ineffective...
...midweek Exxon, owner of the wounded tanker, admitted that the largest oil spill in U.S. history was spreading out of control; by week's end the slick covered almost 900 sq. mi. southwest of Valdez, Alaska, posing a deadly danger to the marine and bird life that teems in Prince William Sound. The story, a tale of unrelieved gloom with no heroes, resembled a Greek tragedy updated by Murphy's Law. Everything that could go wrong did; everyone involved, including the Alaska state government and the U.S. Coast Guard, made damaging errors; hubris in the form of complacency...