Word: virtually
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Graham explained that T.V.A. holds a virtual monopoly by being the only major purchaser of coal in the area. He contended that when the T.V.A. cuts the price it will pay, "owners cut back on costs and the coal miners are caught in the middle...
Drifting aimlessly like a man without a country, Bidault today is a pathetic fugitive who drinks too much and talks too much. With the kidnaping of ex-Colonel Antoine Argoud in Munich five weeks ago, and the virtual removal from active operations of Jacques Soustelle, the S.A.O.'s political boss, France's government claims that the movement that once struck terror in the hearts of Frenchmen has just about fallen apart. Hounded by the 61,000-man police force of Interior Minister Roger Frey, the S.A.O. is no longer able to maintain commando units in each of France...
...Cordoba University in Argentina, rioting students refused to obey the school's administrators and demanded a voice in running things. They asked for relaxed entrance requirements, looser attendance rules, the virtual elimination of tuition. To eliminate narrow-minded professors who preached the dogma of the oligarchs, they also called for review of professorial qualifications...
...principal purpose is to bring fertility back to desolate Khuzistan province, an area the size of Michigan in southwest Iran, near the Persian Gulf.Twenty-five centuries ago. Khuzistan was the fabled fertile granary of the ancient Persian empire. But the region has since eroded into a virtual wasteland; the last major reclamation attempt was a system of irrigation canals dug by King Shapur II in 300 A.D. The new dam will water 360.000 acres, and provide electricity even for the province's remotest villages and five cities, including the oil-refining center of Abadan. opening the way for industrialization...
Both of these schools are virtual symbols of the "bigtime commercially successful sport" objected to by the Committee. Along similar lines, Harvard's track team just finished competing against powerful Villanova in the IC4A Championships last Saturday. The Wildcats are well known for their emphasis upon fine track and field squads...