Word: mereness
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...hence, the only thing for which our American century will be remembered (with the possible exception of theoretical scientific advances in atomic physics and molecular biology) is the perfecting of a nuanced, sophisticated capitalist business system that has lifted large masses of humankind, now doubled in number from a mere 50 years ago, to unprecedented heights in living standards...
Cedric squeezes the trigger. The big buck drops a mere 28 steps from them: A nine-pointer with a 14-in. spread of antlers. It is the second largest buck killed in the statewide youth hunt that kicked off the deer season last weekend...
...perhaps one of the best living novelists Americans don't know much about, and whose work, including this latest novel, has been shortlisted five times for the prestigious Booker Prize--writes historical fiction is like saying that Jane Austen wrote domestic comedies. These three novels, each around a mere 200 pages, are epics under a microscope, reducing the sweep of history to the random collisions of its human players...
...3010CT, comes new "executive cachet," says analyst Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies. He expects this category to account for 20% of all notebook sales over the next few years. The new "Jupiter class" notebooks that run on the Windows CE operating system are just as svelte but cost a mere $1,000. They can run only limited "pocket" versions of Windows applications, but their long, 10-to-12-hr. battery life and low cost make them a good fit for lots of mobile workers...
...types of art copied including religious pictures, maps, texts and chiaroscuoro woodcuts. Pon, in her manner of hanging and through textual supplements, subtly illustrates that, "copying isn't necessarily a bad thing, it was integral to the [Renaissance] visual culture." Here copies exist as veritable pieces of art, not mere imitations...