Word: mereness
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...would be mere coincidence if this had happened only once before. But this is the third time in ten meetings that a mediocre FSU kicker let the team own in the big Miami game. I've humbly concluded that FSU is just destined by some higher power to be inferior to Miami in the long...
...mere 10-minute walk from Harvard Square, the Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education held its grand opening yesterday--complete with champagne and Swiss dignitaries...
...strained our alliances. Russia and 51 other countries have signed the treaty, but Congress claims the U.S., which has already declared that it will not test nuclear weapons, cannot bind itself to an inflexible treaty. Gore has supported signing the treaty and proving our intentions to disarm more than mere rhetoric, while Bush has congratulated Congress for refusing its ratification. Instead of the signing the CTBT, Bush supports the development of a National Missile Defense, a project that--whatever its merits--is opposed by our allies out of fear that it would upset the balance of power and disrupt...
...fact there were those who said Bush won by not losing; that the mere fact he is in this race at all, when every historical measure says he should be down about 20 points, signals some fundamental problem with Gore that represents Bush's best hope for victory. Above all, the debate seems to have reinforced questions about Gore's credibility: in the TIME/CNN poll, more than half of likely voters think Gore "changes his mind too often on important issues just to win votes," whereas only 34% feel this way about Bush. Sixty percent think Gore would say anything...
...best friend of the forest may be social inertia. After more than three decades, Brazil?s vaunted Trans-Amazon Highway has yet to be completely paved, and other roads in the Amazon have been all but abandoned. The road that once linked Porto Velho and Manaus becomes impassable a mere two hours outside Porto Velho. Ecologist Nepstad argues that a more limited network of paved roads could give Santar?m all-weather access to the rest of Brazil, while forestalling incursions of unauthorized settlers from the south. The soybean exporters have already paved access to Amazon waterways through Porto Velho...