Word: almost
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Almost all the meat is bought "hanging"--the carcass of the animal is inspected and cuts are made from it. Very little of the meat is delivered boxed...
...result is that the Cold War and consumerism has diverted so much American money and attention from material and human resource development that early 21st-century America will almost certainly be affected adversely at home and abroad. But, then again, all this is in the future. And even doomsayers say that this foreseeable, unagreeable American future is (theoretically, at least) still largely avoidable...
...Black and White eight blazed past six other crews on Mission Bay to cop first place with a 7:36.3 time, almost three seconds and a full boat length ahead of second-place University of British Columbia...
...cost of developing the new F-100 almost throttled Fokker, which the Dutch government had to bail out with loans that grew to $700 million by 1987. The new F-100, designed to carry about 100 passengers on trips of 1,000 miles or less, is as technologically advanced as the offerings of Fokker's larger rivals. Powered by Rolls-Royce engines, the plane is highly fuel efficient and quiet. In test flights in February, the F-100 performed well within the toughest airport-noise restrictions...
Baseball and Pete Rose, once thought to be inseparable institutions, teetered last week on the edge of an almost unbearable sadness. Several Cincinnati-area bookmakers allege that Rose has been betting on baseball games. If Rose is found to have gambled on baseball, he can expect a year's suspension as Reds manager. If he bet on Cincinnati games, Rose could be shunned for life by the sport he personifies, jeopardizing everything he has accomplished, even the place in baseball's Hall of Fame that awaits...