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Yet finding one on our budget seemed next to impossible.

WASHINGTON -- In a state proud of its reputation for "hang 'em high" Texas justice, closing the school-to-prison pipeline has long seemed next to impossible.

A year later, it still seems next to impossible that she isn't alive.

Some medical myths have been passed on through so many generations that quashing them can seem next to impossible.

The likelihood of such wildly different people getting a conversation going in a bar today, let alone becoming family to one another, seems next to nil.

With all the challenges impinging on effective treatment of A.D.H.D., the task may seem next to impossible to accomplish, but despite these obstacles, we should not be dissuaded from finding creative ways to meet the needs of these children.

A US carbon tax has been talked about as an alternative to the cap-and-trade bill, but there seems next to no prospect of this overcoming Republican opposition.

Explaining their research in a talk just a few minutes long may seem next to impossible.

Getting bipartisan support for just about any issue seems next to impossible these days.

But for a novice filmmaker with no funding, no equipment, and no crew, the process of nursing a story from script to screen can seem next to impossible.

Standing out among established players like Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity may seem next to impossible, but Lessno is gaining ground thanks to "paid search" advertising on the Web.