Word: virtually
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Northeastern quickly learned that playing a half court game would amount to a virtual defensive stalemate, but when the Huskies tried to pressure, the Crimson broke it with relative ease...
Responding to widespread criticism over the number of civilian casualties in his offensive against Chechnya, Russian President Boris Yeltsin today ordered an end to the air strikes responsible for many of the deaths and the virtual destruction of Grozny, the Chechen capital. While he said the door was open to peace talks, Yeltsin also insisted that Chechnya had no right to secede from Russia and his air power would continue to bombard military targets in the republic. "Russian soldiers are defending the integrity of Russia," Yeltsin said in his speech. "The regime in Grozny is illegitimate. It violates the fundamental...
...dozen potential services were on display -- from sports on demand to an instant medical-checkup service. In one such service, rock musician Todd Rundgren showed off his interactive music system, which allows customers to select listening choices by artist, style, tempo or mood. In another, ShopperVision demonstrated its "virtual" supermarket, where customers can browse 3-D aisles, choose among 20,000 kinds of packaged goods and order for same-day delivery...
...anymore. The Clinton White House, in a virtual trauma for days, is now desperately trying to regain its footing after the disastrous midterm elections. So when the President learned last Friday morning that Elders had recently called on schools to consider teaching students about masturbation, he lost no time in firing her. "There have been too many areas in which the President does not agree with her views," said White House chief of staff Leon Panetta. "This is just one too many...
...began three weeks ago, when Clinton announced he would contemplate a law allowing for a moment of silence in schools. The next week he boosted Pentagon spending by $25 billion. Last week top EPA officials met with Governors to ease automobile-emissions testing requirements. And the Agriculture Department, a virtual Harvestore of unnecessary spending, announced that it would close 1,274 field offices around the U.S. Though Clinton complained privately last week that he had already made dramatic cuts in government, some top aides pushed him to cut more. "People don't feel it," a member of the Cabinet explained...