Word: mereness
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...effort was, however, just a little bit too late. Northeastern crossed the finish line ahead of Radcliffe by a mere three-tenths of a second...
...hurtling but affecting clip; Fiennes seems less concerned with weighing alternatives than with feverishly fending off suicide. He makes an athletic-looking prince, and he manages to appear beautifully, brainlessly exultant in the final scene, with fencing foil in hand-savoring a duel that he considers mere sport but that will bring his world crashing down. Throughout, he is marvelously complemented by Francesca Annis in the role of his mother. She gives us a queen who is convincing at each downward turn in her trajectory: as a figure of brittle jubilation when celebrating her "o'erhasty marriage" to her late...
Though producers treat these shows as mere entertainment, many viewers do not. A study involving 187 students conducted by communication professor Glenn Sparks of Purdue University found that exposure to such programs heightened belief in the paranormal. And when that exposure is constant, says University of Oregon psychologist Ray Hyman, each new repetition of a paranormal tale, even when related with a skeptical tone, "makes it more and more believable." Scientists are worried, too, that the proliferation of paranormal TV is contributing to the public's scientific illiteracy, which they regard as a national liability in a high-tech...
...surgeon in Vietnam in 1969-70, I participated in the military effort and by my mere presence supported a war widely recognized by the troops as unwinnable, if not patently wrong. I performed no "service to my country." Rather, I performed a disservice by my passive support. Like others there, and like the Americans who supported the effort, I must accept responsibility and blame for the 58,000 Americans who died, for the many more who will bear scars as long as they live, and for the millions of Vietnamese who suffered and died. I feel an awesome grief...
Late at night, having an actual human being in the vicinity is much more comforting than a telephone and more likely to discourage potential criminals from operating in the area. The mere knowledge that there were guards in the houses all night would not only make the students returning home feel more comfortable, but would also insure that potentially dangerous people did not sneak into the houses...