Word: mereness
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...every road death there are afterquakes, shocks that ripple out through families, offices, friends, public and private purses. Road trauma is also off-road trauma. Here's an example, I suspect a mere variation on the average 110 cases every day in the E.U. When I was an upstart of four, my father was traveling at night on a lonely road in Western Australia, his business colleague driving. A car came over a rise with its lights on high beam. Half-blinded, my father's colleague instinctively pulled off the road. He hit a parked trailer, almost sheering...
...fresh on the premises. And Wall Street has developed a taste for them too. Krispy Kreme stock has more than tripled since going public in April 2000, fueled by rapid growth and strong sales. And Krispy Kreme has only scratched the surface of the U.S. market: it has a mere 226 stores...
...accounting controversy and Short's charges are mere cavils compared to the sustained attack the Commission has come under in Germany in recent months. Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der and challenger Edmond Stoiber, locked in a close election campaign, have both found the Commission an easy target. Schr?der has accused it of trying to undermine Germany's industrial competitiveness through various legislative initiatives and antitrust rulings. Stoiber has been no more forgiving, claiming the Commission continues to encroach on the competence of the German regions, the L?nder, to run their own affairs...
GREAT ESCAPE For harried Bangkok residents, serenity awaits a mere half-day drive south at Khao Sam Roi Yot, a marine national park. Despite its proximity to the capital, it harbors isolated coves and a profusion of vegetation-capped, limestone hills (the name means "300 peaks"). Toss in river rafting, and it adds up to Bangkok's best nature getaway...
...competing for visitors from mainland China, which had been expected to contribute about 75% of Hong Kong Disneyland's customers in its first few years. Hong Kong has a big investment to recoup: the city agreed to pay $2.9 billion toward the park's construction. Disney chipped in a mere $314 million, for which the company will get a hefty 43% ownership stake along with management fees...