Word: nearly
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...players so earnestly inept that it is hard to separate what was diabolical from what was merely dumb. So it was in the best Washington tradition that congressional investigators were focusing their attention last week on a former interior designer with a remarkable knack for placing herself near the hot spots of trouble for her old friend, Bill Clinton...
...Aeneid is about Aeneas, so is the Saskiad the story of Saskia White. Saskia, a twelve-year-old of fierce intelligence and a tendency toward literary agglomeration, lives with her ex-hippie mother and a horde of small children and quiet adults in a tumbledown former commune near Ithaca, New York. Busying herself during the day with school, the little ones and cooking duties, Saskia spends her off hours reading. The imaginary world she creates around herself is rich with the images and characters of her favorite stories--not "fantasy" tales, but ancient epics of sailors, travelers and explorers, from...
Dangerous chemicals in the atmosphere can spread very rapidly--pollution in Florida can reach the Great Lakes in four days, Colborn said. The effects on wildlife, particularly those living in or near lakes, can be disastrous...
...Liggett's move might more than anything provide a push for the other companies to settle. Investors believe lifting the threat of costly litigation would send the valuation of tobacco rocketing skyward -- Philip Morris stock rose $6 in February on rumors that a deal might be near. Wall Street seemed pleased by the settlement news: Brooke Group, the parent company of Liggett, rose 5/8 to 47/8, while Philip Morris tumbled 61/8 to 1157/8 and RJR Nabisco fell 3/4 to 311/2. But Philip Morris won't be following Liggett's lead, at least until the company decides that it's share...
...present time, it would be wrong of us to provide another excuse for confrontation," the group's statement read. The announcement was warmly greeted by the Catholic residents of Lower Ormeau Road. At the same time, British Prime Minister John Major, campaigning for re-election at a high school near London, said he believed the nationalist Irish Republican Army was preparing to resume the cease-fire it abandoned a year ago. However, Major predicted the IRA announcement would come after the May 1 national British elections, which Major so far looks likely to lose. It will probably fall...