Many of their personal balance sheets are creaking under a load of debt, and savings are close to nonexistent.
While monkey bites can lead to rabies or a fatal form of the herpes virus, documented cases are "close to nonexistent," Dr. Fauci wrote.
"In addition, we've improved quality control measures that were close to nonexistent in the past because of a lack of funding".
As he competed against some of the best riders in the world on the Southern California circuit, his opportunities, at least when it came to getting on good horses, were close to nonexistent.
Even when she was alive, communication between her and her husband was close to nonexistent, although he now wonders if the mere fact of her living presence wasn't as close to human connection as life allows.
"We have seen a problem that was close to nonexistent a generation ago explode into an epidemic that is devastating families and communities right across the top end of Australia," wrote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner, Mick Gooda, in the report.
Default losses on such bonds in the past half-century are close to nonexistent.
What it has at the moment are demo fleets with manufacturing costs that are impractical and refilling stations that are close to nonexistent.
Therefore the need for these infinitely small (and nonexistent) quantities was removed, and replaced by a notion of quantities being "close" to others.
Behind closed doors, said one European Union official, leaders pressured Mr. Berlusconi to bring in the group's auditors to demonstrate to world markets that Italy is making a credible effort to cut its deficits and make changes to restore growth, which is currently close to nonexistent.
