Word: mereness
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Although the governor claims to be indifferent to the effect his words have on the electorate, some think he exhibits mere political naivete...
According to Lamas, "nearly one quarter of the student body received [the] email." If that is indeed the case, the convergence of a mere two opinions falls far short of justifying the article's blanket sub-heading, "Students say loss of privacy doesn't bother them." If a journalist chooses not to employ legitimate survey tools, she is surely obliged to refrain from broad generalizations, especially when dealing with samples as large as one fourth of Harvard College...
Falling short of the mark by scoring a mere 130 points less than Brown and 75 less than Princeton, Harvard made its presence known as a future force in women's Ivy League swimming...
...every chapter Doyle mixes high, historical romance with low, earthy humor. At times Henry is a bit too much the Irish Everyman, modeling so many Celtic vices and virtues that he seems legendary instead of human. What saves Henry from becoming a mere myth, though, is Doyle's attention to detail, his warty realism. For all the great events he plays a part in--the battles, elections, conspiracies and crackdowns--Henry never dissolves into the scenery but stands out against it in painful, proud relief...
...Alaskan tundra to see just how well the firm had implemented its stated environmental and social aims. But Wenman doesn't work for Greenpeace. He was there at the oil company's expense, as the head of accounting firm Ernst & Young's environmental-services group, conducting an audit no mere accountant could accomplish...