Word: faintly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sylvia Townsend Warner wore the disguise of an English country gentlewoman. These essays of reminiscence that she wrote from 1936 to 1973 seem to be dressed in tweeds and sensible walking shoes, with a faint, agreeable odor of dog hovering above the pages...
...market. But beyond that broad guideline scientists can let their imaginations roam. Take Penzias,' whose Nobel was awarded for an achievement that is not likely to have much effect on the average telephone user. In the mid-1960s, he and fellow Bell Scientist Robert Wilson detected faint echoes of the creation, the Big Bang that is believed to have formed the universe...
...defensive chumminess that is one of the hallmarks of provincial art-the trade unionism of the In joke. Such longueurs threaten but do not overwhelm the effort to improve coast-to-coast cultural communication. This show is well worth seeing; and it will do a lot to dispel the faint condescension which, in some quarters, still clings to mere clay. -By Robert Hughes
...interloping organization like the International Star Registry. Says Swarthmore's Heintz, chairman of the I.A.U.'s commission for documentation: "There is no chance of the registry's designations being recognized by the world astronomical community." Besides, Marsden points out, many of the stars are so faint that "buyers probably won't even able to find their star." But Registry Founder Downie insists that the astronomers are missing the point. Says he: 'When space travel becomes as common as snowmobiling, it's going to be a lot more fun to go to Elton John...
...walked away, I thought I heard a faint "Ho, ho, humbug...