Word: mereness
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...been able to hold Catherine, and that Catherine has run away several times. Jules is determined not to lose Catherine, and so he encourages Jim's interest in her. Even if she becomes Jim's lover, she will still be around, and Jules is content with Catherine's mere presence...
Failing to muster the required two-thirds majority by a mere four votes, the Senate rejected the latest incarnation of a balanced-budget constitutional amendment, effectively killing the proposal for yet another year...
...effort to prove herself as an actress, Madonna has tired her hand at everything from movie musicals to period pieces to thrillers. Needless to say, these attempts have been futile. The mere mention of her name in conjunction with any film is guaranteed to evoke chuckles if not full-fledged sighs. So, what's materials girl to do? Produce your own film in which you star as a Hollywood icon qua actress searching for legitimacy...
...real is the threat of renewed inflation? "The same people who worry about inflation saw Elvis a couple of weeks ago," quips New York economist Robert Brusca. Consumer prices last year rose a mere 2.7%, the second smallest increase in the past 18 years; Greenspan himself predicts only 3% this year. Unit labor costs, a prime indicator of future price increases, are going down. Critics think Greenspan is either pursuing a wildly unrealistic goal of zero inflation or following a simplistic syllogism: as a rule, rapid rises in output eventually bring inflation; production grew at an annual rate...
...mere bronze medal for British dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean infuriated many of their fans, who felt their smooth Fred-and-Ginger routine should have cut more ice with the judges. Italian slalom star Alberto ("La Bomba") Tomba disqualified himself by skiing off the course in his second giant-slalom run. He later complained of a stress headache...