1.   The election was a near disaster for the Conservative party.

2.   Bobby made it through the upscale Disney World convention without serious incidents, but his visit to New Orleans was a near disaster.

3.   A near disaster was avoided.

4.   But as the near disaster in June indicated, this miniship had problems.

5.   Carteret Mayor Peter Sica and fire officials called the explosion and fire a near disaster.

6.   It was during the flight test of a new manual docking system last June that Progress collided with Mir in a near disaster.

7.   McLean said Thursday that she spoke with Koutnik about the water levels of the berm but never characterized the incident as a near disaster.

8.   My first taste of hot lettuce came from a near disaster, when guests waited patiently at the table as an overdressed salad was collapsing in the kitchen.

9.   Over the next months he knew every kind of near disaster.

10.   Stapley said the county, which is struggling to emerge from a near financial disaster, is spending thousands of dollars to monitor minority participation in contracts.