Word: almosts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make fun of almost everyone. Is there anyone you like...
...nation's most distinguished scientists, his devastating critiques of Soviet policies cut deep. In his books, which were published only in the West, he repeatedly pointed to the failure of Soviet society to fulfill the promise of Communist ideology. Sakharov's writings on domestic affairs irked the leadership almost as much as his criticism of Brezhnev's foreign policy, which he characterized as imperialist and expansionist. His mistrust of Kremlin intentions was so strong that he said in 1983 that it might be best for the U.S. to "spend a few billion dollars on MX missiles" in order to bargain...
...report deals almost entirely with worker exposure to airborne plutonium, but does note that significant quantities of the radioactive element were measured away from the Hanford plant...
...asserts that the computer models used to predict the greenhouse effect are so weak that they cannot even account for the modest 0.5 degrees C warming that has occurred over the past 100 years. "We all believe in the physics of the greenhouse effect," says Solow, "but to say almost anything about timing, the magnitude of change or its geographic distribution is more than...
Both claims had a slightly empty ring. Baghdad almost certainly does not possess a satellite or the technology to build one. As for the missiles, Western analysts express some doubts about the accuracy of any longer-range missiles under development in Iraq...