Word: mere
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...kept secret from the rest of the euro zone. Now that Greece is on the verge of defaulting, its monetary partners will have to hand over huge loans to help keep the country solvent - all in order to prevent the euro from going into a free fall and becoming mere Monopoly money...
...most recent survey conducted by the polling firm Obea-Infraforce in late January, a mere 33% of people considered the debates to be constructive and 61% said the process had in no way defined what being French means. More than half of respondents also felt the entire idea was motivated by concerns by Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement party that it could suffer big losses in the March elections...
Nonetheless, it was unthinkable that the E.U. would sit idly by and watch Greek finances crumble a mere 11 years after the euro's birth. European leaders are keenly aware that the crisis is not restricted to Greece. If the nation were allowed to default on its debts, the bug could spread to other highly indebted euro-zone economies, like those of Spain and Portugal. At that point, economists have said, the euro itself could be endangered. But the E.U. sent a message on Thursday that it was not about to let that happen. Now it's banking...
...drive and talent didn’t go unnoticed. A nationally-ranked athlete, Roy had been heavily recruited during his senior year and won a scholarship to join the BU Terriers, the defending NCAA champions. But a mere 11 seconds after the referee dropped the puck onto the ice, Roy’s career as an athlete was over...
...Google has even insinuated at moving towards ethical principles over profit is cause for humanity to take a deep breath of rejoice. Unfortunately for Chinese citizens, Google rests low on CNN Money’s Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations —a mere 117th. This trend toward ethics over profit needs to continue expanding to bigger economic powerhouses, to reverberate the message throughout the world...