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• r  and nothing more
  I was merely asking

• Gates merely plugged one into the other, cream-cheesed the waiting bagel and came up with a giant hit.
• When the cops started asking questions, Dahmer was able to convince the police that it was merely a lovers' quarrel.
• In reality, it was merely a fielding error in a game already tied after Boston relievers couldn't hold a two-run, two-out lead in the 10th inning of what should have been the game .

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News & Articles

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• 5 Transitions Great Leaders Make That Average Leaders Don't
  The secret to leadership is there aren?t any real secrets. The best leaders have simply gone to school on improving their tradecraft. While the capabilities possessed by the best leaders might seem otherworldly to many, they are merely the outcome of hard work, experience, perspective, and yes, a bit of luck. The best leaders have just learned to make certain transitions that less effective ...
  June 17, 2013 - Forbes
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  No longer will the deeply loyal Dogwood fans of Aiken be satisfied by merely hitting the board in a classic, or making the lively pace. If the local reaction to the Belmont is any indication, nothing less than a grand triumph will ever be tolerated again.
  June 17, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
• Boston holds key to Orlando’s future
  What could prevent the Orlando Magic from taking more baby steps … is merely the formation of the next NBA superpower. That’s all.
  June 17, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Detroit Free Press
  In that order, Obama said pointedly, "the government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract...
• John McCain in International Herald Tribune
  Not content to merely predict failure in Iraq, my opponent tried to legislate failure,McCain said.
• Milan Smith in San Francisco Chronicle
  The government lacks "the power to arrest and detain or restrict American citizens for months on end ...... merely because the government wishes to investigate them for possible wrongdoing," Judge Milan Smith, an appointee of former President...