Word: almosts
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Once upon a time, high-quality watches ticked, had mechanical movements (hand- wound or self-winding) and almost always came from Switzerland. But that was before the onslaught of Japanese quartz watches dealt a near deathblow to the Swiss industry. Now Swiss watchmakers, who survived by converting to quartz technology, plan to turn back the clock...
...tells it, the decision turned on a chat he and Cray had four weeks ago in Colorado Springs. "I said to him, 'It's not working, is it, Seymour? It isn't feeling right.' " The two discussed options short of a total split, but Cray kept pressing. "It's almost like he forced me to turn the page," says Rollwagen. "He said, 'Isn't there ((an option)) that would be even cleaner? Let's get on to that one.' It just became very clear to the two of us that this was the right thing...
...riotous bloom of people power, Chinese-style, that took hold of Beijing last week began as a movement almost exclusively of students. But in one of those extraordinarily rare and historic occasions -- it was Karl Marx who gave such moments the classic definition "revolutionary praxis" -- a kind of instant solidarity appeared last Wednesday. It bound together the disparate groups -- students, workers, professionals, academics -- whose union China's leaders had long feared...
First-year Coach Barry Haskell almost turned his rookie season into a title...
Once hailed as the most liberal Communist leader in Eastern Europe, Janos Kadar has become a political pariah in his own country. Following his ouster as General Secretary last May after almost 32 years in power, Kadar, 76, remained party president. Last week Kadar was stripped of the largely ceremonial job and expelled from the Central Committee...