Sentence:  Their kind created an American culture superior to any in the world , an industrial and technological culture which penetrated Russia as it did <WSD>almost</WSD> every corner of the earth without a nickel from the Federal treasury or a single governmental specialist to contrive directives or program a series of consultations of interested agencies . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but