"I did a great lap, almost perfect, but it was not enough, " said the Brazilian.
This effect occurs only when the two stars are in almost perfect alignment.
"I played almost perfect, " said Kournikova, who reached the quarter-finals of the Bank of the West Classic last week.
The Lindisfarne Gospels contain the oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into the English language and are in almost perfect condition.
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Moving in an almost perfect 45 degree ascent over the course of January, CAT actually found itself in technically oversold territory above the 200-day moving average as recently as Friday.
At 11:00 GMT on Wednesday the conditions were almost perfect as the giant latex balloon, filled with helium, shot up into the air from the Marble Arch Caves just outside Enniskillen.
But the National Weather Service prediction proved almost perfect.
Sorenstam, 35, who is chasing a fifth win in this event, carded five birdies on the front nine and three more coming in as she played almost perfect golf from tee to green.
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is almost a perfect sports hero for our time.
So, I think, there's going to be - sort of actually appreciating almost a perfect circle of that kind of achievement.
So overall, we'd say the Droid DNA is almost the perfect model out of the four variants: it has pretty much all the radios one would need, and it does wireless charging.
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In symmetry that seems almost too perfect, much as Syria is a significant consumer of Russian weapons and hosts a Russian naval base, Bahrain is a significant consumer of American weapons and hosts an American naval base.
Jesalva said he was in the group that spent the night on the picturesque mountain, known for its almost-perfect cone, when the volcano rumbled back to life early in the morning and rocks "as big as a living room" came raining down on them.
"You have almost a perfect storm, in the sense that tougher underwriting guidelines resulting from the housing bust are coming around the same time that a lot of business owners have posted their worst years on record, " says Greg McBride, senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com.
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And Bellamy, making his first start for a year, almost had the perfect start after three minutes.
Debutant Varney, signed on a season-long loan from Derby County, almost provided the perfect start with a powerful volley that Fulham keeper David Stockdale was happy to block to safety.
People who have already seen the film are raving about it ( me included) and the movie earns an almost unheard of perfect score ( 1oo out of 100) on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Duggan equalised just 90 seconds after entering the fray but Derry almost found the perfect response when Ciaran Martyn tried to lob the goalkeeper from close range but he lifted the ball over the crossbar.
While perfect in almost every way, sometimes cats need remedial potty training, too.
If not for a tax scandal involving Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness, who was at Wembley, the season could almost be classified as perfect.
The difference between Potter and something like Clash of the Titans (also a Warner Bros. movie) is that filmmakers will have had almost a year to perfect the 3-D effects on Potter.
Ferguson was given a warm reception as he made his Deepdale entrance, and Preston almost gave him the perfect start after only seven minutes when keeper Hilario, deputising for the rested Petr Cech, had to be alert to beat Richard Chaplow to Chris Brown's header.
While not perfect, which almost nothing ever is, its utilization, both for heavy-duty transport and for family vehicles, can potentially afford real economies.
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Although his perfect preparation was almost undone when he had trouble with the set up of a new sled during his training runs ahead of competition.
The keys are all big, have a nice feel to them and are almost all placed in the exact perfect spot.
With a fine cast led by Tamsin Greig and Iain Glen, and Lizzie Clachan's perfect set, it almost works (until April 6).
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