Word: almost
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...have absolutely no problems with that philosophically. Sometimes such strikes are not only justified but almost required...
...major factor in U.S. steel's improving fortunes has been the decline of the dollar, which has made imports more expensive. But foreign competitors have trimmed costs and boosted efficiency with almost the same zeal as the U.S. mills. The resurgent Japanese steel industry has cut its work force 18% in the past three years, to 228,000. Europe's steel industry, subsidized to the tune of $57 billion since 1975, is now largely self-sufficient owing to higher productivity. Because of such moves, says Walter Williams, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, "we'll never be able to go back...
Baker and a companion are turkey hunting on 1,366 acres of Texas scrubland about 50 miles south of San Antonio, a wild, almost barren part of the U.S. where it is easy to believe that due process is still a bullet. "I call it the Rock Pile Ranch," says Baker, "and that's about all that's on it. Nothing else but some water wells and turkey feeders. Coming here is the closest I get to therapy. I'm not really into material things, but land, well, they're not making any more...
...Someday almost assuredly. "Jimmy has a tremendous ambition and drive to reach the top," says Susan Baker. "But the presidency is the last thing in his mind right now. We don't spend a lot of time strategizing about it. Right now, he's got to be the best Secretary of State he can. The rest may come from that later...
...other thing that happens when people find out that I am conservative is that I am almost invariably called upon in the occasional dining hall argument to take the conservative side on whatever issue is being debated over a cold pu-pu platter...