Nearly 7000 cyclists completed the event, thanks to weather far better than the pros had several days later.

Nearly forty years on, his work continues the dialectic between working freely and ephemerally wherever in the wide world, and bringing it back into the public domain of art spaces and books in the form of sculptures of raw materials such as stones, mud and water and photographic and text works.

Nearly level areas are required for parking areas, beaches, camp areas, ballfields, etcetera.

The Youth International Party ( YIP ) and Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) emerged in Li ' l Abner as " Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything!

Nearly every human society throughout history has expected distinctions to be made between males and females by the style, color, or type of clothing they are expected to wear, and likewise most societies have had a set of social norms, views, guidelines, or even laws defining what type of clothing is appropriate for each gender.

Nearly one-half of the Code deals with matters of contract, establishing for example the wages to be paid to an ox driver or a surgeon.

Nearly all chimpanzee populations have been recorded using tools, modifying sticks, rocks, grass, and leaves and use them for acquiring honey, termites, ants, nuts, and water.

Nearly every country has very strict laws concerning espionage, and the penalty for being caught is often severe.

The band also contributed most of the show's original music, including " My Lovely Horse ", as used in the episode " Song For Europe " and " My Lovely Mayo Mammy " for the episode " Night of the Nearly Dead ".

Nearly half of the bird bones found in graves at this site were of the Great Auk, suggesting that it had cultural significance for the Maritime Archaic people.

Nearly all of the popular and " industry standard " software programs used for graphic design since the early 1990s are products of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Nearly the entire VA hospital system in the United States, the Indian Health Service, and major parts of the Department of Defense CHCS hospital system use MUMPS databases for clinical data tracking.

Nearly all graphical user interface toolkits to date provide at least one solution for designing MDIs, with an exception being Apple's Cocoa API.

* Rice, often with saffron or raisins – Nearly all Sephardi Jews and many Mizrachi Jews consider rice to be an essential food for the Passover table ; Ashkenazi Jews and Hasidic Jews do not eat rice during Passover as a matter of minhag.

Nearly 14 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 17 are employed, many in poor conditions and for negligible pay.

Nearly half ( 42 %) of these prescriptions were for conditions not approved by the FDA, such as acute bronchitis, otitis media, and acute upper respiratory tract infection, according to a study supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Nearly all major American newspapers employ food critics and publish online dining guides for the cities they serve.

Nearly all of Edison's patents were utility patents, which were protected for a 17-year period and included inventions or processes that are electrical, mechanical, or chemical in nature.

Nearly all oil and gas for transportation and power needs must be imported, making Taiwan particularly sensitive to fluctuations in energy prices.

" Nearly all tools can be used to function as a hammer, even though very few tools are intentionally designed for it and even fewer work as well as the original.

Nearly 100 million Americans watched The Day After on its first broadcast, a record audience for a made-for-TV movie.

Nearly one million Yum !, KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A & W All American Food employees, franchisees and their families volunteered close to 4 million hours to aid hunger relief efforts in communities worldwide, while helping to raise $ 16 million throughout the World Hunger Relief Week initiative for the World Food Programme and other hunger relief agencies around the world.

* September 30 – Nearly 7, 000 East Germans who had come to Prague on special refugee trains are allowed to leave for the West.

* February 16 – Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.

" 115 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers ’ rights in 2005, while more than 1, 600 were subjected to violent assaults and some 9, 000 arrested ... Nearly 10, 000 workers were sacked for their trade union involvement, and almost 1, 700 detained.

Nearly all modern non-African humans have 1 % to 4 % of their DNA derived from Neanderthal DNA, and this finding is consistent with recent studies indicating that the divergence of some human alleles dates to one Ma, although the interpretation of these studies has been questioned.

Nearly all of the statistical studies show that the disputed papers were written by Madison.

Nearly 100 paintings and other graphic works ( studies and engravings ) from major British and American collections, as well as the Louvre and the Prado will be on show.

Nearly 20 % of students come from countries outside the UK, and 52 % of all undergraduates are mature students ( aged 21 or over at the start of their studies ).

Nearly every brand and type delivers information about the product being “ scientifically tested ” or “ scientifically proven ” however, the results of these studies are rarely made available to consumers.

Nearly twenty-five years before, Captain John Davis had noted, as he sailed near the Arctic Circle, `` a very great gulf, the water whirling and roaring, as it were the meeting of tides ''.

Nearly 3, 700 Allied ships were sunk at a cost of 783 German U-boats.

Nearly all of them were passengers on 16 commercial ( nongovernmental ) ships and several yachts that made 116 trips during the summer.

Nearly a century later, the English were to invade in earnest, taking Guantánamo Bay in 1741 during the War of Jenkins ' Ear with Spain.

Nearly all the descriptive words used to justify the genus division were relative terms without a reference measure, and the argument did not take into account the size differences between the species, which can be considerable.

Nearly 25 % of all private homes in the country were either destroyed or badly damaged, and 1. 5 million persons were left without housing.

Nearly all of his possessions were destroyed with the exception of a guitar and a prized Jaguar automobile.

Nearly forty years were to pass before a comparably ambitious ruler appeared on the Russian throne.

Nearly half the building was destroyed and 3 people were injured.

Nearly all later ornithological works were inspired by his artistry and high standards.

" Nearly all railroads were using Krupp rails, the New York Central, Illinois Central, Delaware and Hudson, Maine Central, Lake Shore and Michigin Southern, Bangor and Aarostook, Great Northern, Boston and Albany, Florida and East Coast, Texas and Pacific, Southern pacific, and Mexican National.

Nearly 15, 000 Palestinian militants were evacuated by September 1.

Nearly all longships were clinker ( also known as lapstrake ) built, meaning that each hull plank overlapped the next.

Nearly 700 oil wells were set ablaze by the retreating Iraqi army and the fires were not fully extinguished until November 6, 1991, eight months after the end of the war.

During the later periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led to what has been called a “ solar monotheism .” Nearly all the gods of the period were possessed of solar qualities.

Nearly all these efforts were rejected, but Mississippi and Arkansas did put anti-evolution laws on the books after the Scopes trial that would outlive the Butler Act.

Nearly half of the original Gotham players were members of the disbanded Troy Trojans, whose place in the National League the Gothams inherited.

Nearly all of the city's beautiful neo-classical 18th and 19th century buildings were destroyed in the earthquake, including the National Theater and many government buildings, as well as most of the Kale Fortress.

Nearly all JFETs are depletion-mode as the diode junctions would forward bias and conduct if they were enhancement mode devices ;