Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the first day's play, officials discovered that the Prentice Cup, which the American's had captured at Wimbleton in 1954, was missing. At first the cup's absence was called a mere misplacement, but as the series progressed alarm increased. At the end of the final day, the cup was still on the missing list, although tournament officials were confident of its return in the very near future...
...crap game in the world." They rely on long-term contracts and fixed rate scales for steady income; only by keeping some ships available for short-term charters can they take advantage of the sudden rises in rates that turn the big profits. When world oil consumption spurted a mere 10% in 1948, charter rates rose 250%. On the other hand, a prolonged fall in tanker rates can come close to wrecking an independent...
...large, but most of the potential fallout is distributed high in the stratosphere in the form of extremely fine particles or even single molecules. Such impalpable stuff is slow to fall. Not much would fall in any one place, and its strength would be much reduced by mere passage of time...
...Court to legislate as well as to annul laws because of alleged violation of the Constitution has in the past caused Congress to reverse decisions of that court many times. No wonder Jefferson predicted that we will be governed by a judicial oligarchy with the threat of impeachment a mere scarecrow...
...obstacles as "bottomless" (down to 70 ft.) fissures and sheer-rock faces that long defied human spiders, 180-ft. dropoffs past receding walls in thin air−can be negotiated by the most skilled mountaineers in eight to ten hours, round trip. As the bat flies, Schoolhouse is a mere 1,600 ft. long, but the rate of travel for the best spelunkers is less than 7 ft. a minute...