Word: barely
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...President, in what could prove a major concession, would go along with the oil fee if the House accepted most of the Senate deficit-reduction plan. "When the dynamics of this thing play out over the next week, it could happen," said a top Reagan adviser. "It is a bare possibility...
Appreciation for his gifts and the suffering of the last years only deepened with the release of John Paul II's will and testament of faith, written in stages over his 26-year papacy. He asked that his personal notes be burned and that he be buried in the bare earth, not a tomb. There was nothing to bequeath, for there was little he owned. But there was much to explain and confess, including his doubts over whether it was God's will that he continue as Pope as his speech slurred and his bones bent; he hoped...
Overall, “Carousel” is well-intentioned, vanilla entertainment. At times, the play feels bare and is something that will please only if rigorous expectations are laid aside. Though the hard work of the cast and crew are appreciated, I’ll save my expectations for complicated, challenging art for the “Oresteia...
Here the greatest flaws of the novel are laid bare, both in the shameless cheapness of that last sentence and in the overwhelming monotony of the lengthy list. Where the detailed research into psychiatry for Enduring Love and British soldiers’ letters for Atonement were seamlessly contained by the narratives, in Saturday McEwan’s efforts become obtrusive. The medical terms used to describe the operations Perowne performs are obviously necessary to any genuine effort to record what is happening, but often these terms swamp the scenes themselves, smothering the prose with a desperate anxiety for accuracy...
Just before 10 a.m. yesterday, HoCo members readied a group of seven Lowell residents to storm the Yard, distributing hand-painted posters, smearing an “L” on bare cheeks, and outfitting enthusiastic participants with White-Castle themed t-shirts that read “Lowell House—It’s What You Crave...