Word: virtually
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...CREATED, DURING 62 YEARS OF international fame, one of the century's most indelible (if ambiguous) images. Yet she passed the last 13 years of her life as a virtual recluse -- cranky, litigious and, considering the length and strength of her celebrity, by no means wealthy. She was, by common critical consent, one of the great stars of the movies' Golden Age. But she was never wildly popular with the mass audience and was once dubbed box-office "poison" in an exhibitors' poll...
...police reform will be endorsed in next month's primary. Known as Charter Amendment F, the measure calls for civilians on the police- review board and a five-year limit to the police chief's term, subject to a one-time reappointment by the mayor. Gates, who had a virtual lifetime guarantee of employment before he announced his retirement effective this June, opposes the new law. When last week's violence erupted, in fact, Gates was at a reception in the affluent suburb of Brentwood, trying to raise money to fight the proposal...
...There were actions taken by Mr. Brokawsubsequent to the investment that should have beenquestioned and more tightly managed," one sourcesaid. "He had virtual free reign over almosteverything with no oversight...
...region's two potential flash points are Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, where postcommunist leaders seem unable to find common ground with either democratic or Islamic movements. President Rakhman Nabiyev of Tajikistan has been under a virtual state of siege since last month, when supporters of the opposition began to gather in the tens of thousands outside the parliament building to urge dismissal of the republic's legislature of holdover party officials. Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov received a warning signal of his own in | January, when students protesting the liberalization of prices clashed with police, resulting in two deaths. Muslim extremists...
...This is a virtual free use of public land," said Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 at last week's City Council meeting. "This raises a real public policy issue here...