Word: almost
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...Harvard University Guards Union voted almost unanimously to ratify their contract with the University last Friday, ending a three-year standoff during which the guards had worked without a contract. Even though the contract is the result of three years of negotiations with the University, many guards are not entirely happy with the final product...
...probably doesn't know half the guards in the union. The guards, almost all of them, feel that the chief doesn't care about them," he said...
...keep up with the most commonplace details of my friends' lives. What cities do they live in now? Are they in college yet? And what about their career goals? I am always disturbed that I would often not know the most basic facts about their ever-changing lives. Almost a decade after we had spent our days battling the evil forces on campus, these friends and I would do all the things that best friends would on hot summer days, all the while attempting to see if we still knew one another as we once did. It was often...
During all other seasons of the year, this circle of friends would be almost entirely out of touch, minus the occasional e-mail forward or chain letter. Come summer, however, we would come together most naturally and go to every movie showing in the theaters, have long conversations on the phone, go on crazed shopping trips, plus all the other regular summer bonding experiences. Our times together are always memorable. It was with these friends that we all felt most comfortable, as it was senseless trying to act mature when we were surrounded by people who have seen...
Part of that fundamental feeling is the basis for music. I'm always looking to find new music that electrifies, that takes me, chews me up, spits me out, and makes me want more. I want new CDs to be flabbergasted by, addicted to and enveloped in. It's almost a religious experience when it happens. I felt that way when I first listened to Dave Matthews in 1995. I feel that way now when I listen to Pat McGee's music (be on the lookout), or any number of other bands...