Word: virtually
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B.C.C.I.'s deposits also disappeared through the black network, which used the money to pay bribes and conduct its weapons and currency deals. According to a former officer, B.C.C.I. bought virtual control of customs officials in ports and air terminals around the world. In the U.S. millions of dollars flowed through B.C.C.I.'s Washington office, allegedly destined to pay off U.S. officials...
Senate confirmation for a second term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a virtual certainty, but COLIN POWELL can expect some uncomfortable moments along the way. Several members of the Armed Services Committee, led by Georgia's Sam Nunn, recognize Powell as a primary source for Bob Woodward's controversial book The Commanders. The Senators will ask the general whether he truly preferred economic sanctions to war against Iraq, as the book claims, and whether it was appropriate for him to disclose the confidential advice he gave to the President...
...other hand, a fair number of sanctions do remain. In the U.S., federal restrictions imposed before 1986 are still in force, including the virtual American veto against loans to Pretoria by such bodies as the International Monetary Fund. No fewer than 133 laws restricting or penalizing companies that do business with South Africa are still on the books in 26 states, 22 counties and 85 cities...
...companies could possibly see eye to eye on anything? It's like a surfer girl marrying a banker," declared Richard Shaffer, publisher of ComputerLetter. If the venture is successful, adds Shaffer, "it could create the most fearsome force in computing ever." Machines made by the two companies could become virtual look-alikes, which would not only eliminate the need for consumers to choose sides but also end much of the confusion prevalent in the industry over the lack of standards...
...Cree village on the Canadian island of Fort George never had many full- time residents: most of the 1,000 inhabitants were subsistence hunters and trappers who would spend months in the bush. But today the place is a virtual ghost town. Following the construction of huge hydroelectric dams upstream, almost all the villagers were relocated because of fears that torrents of water would erode their island, which lies at a vulnerable spot where the La Grande River meets James Bay in Quebec province...