Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rhinoceros. But his tribal status, Maloy explained politely, is still not high. He has never taken part in the Eunoto ceremony (killing a lion in order to become an elder). "My father does not wish that I participate. Although he killed a lion in his youth, he has become somewhat involved in Western civilization...
Penance, wrote Father Lamera, should be both "afflictive and curative." He suggests four kinds of afflictive penances: 1) voluntary mortification, such as early rising, giving up smoking; 2) cheerful acceptance of suffering, such as hunger, humiliation, a bad cold; 3) doing a good deed; 4) "a somewhat burdensome prayer or a visit to the Holy Sacrament on one's knees." Father Lamera would adapt "curative" penances to individual weaknesses: e.g., for the proud. "You will not talk about yourself...
...forms in its center. More rifts form as long as the tension continues, and their steep sides accumulate in a broad band of rugged terrain on both sides of the youngest rift. Since the tension is caused by rising molten material, this cracked-up region is apt to be somewhat elevated, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
...basically unchanged. But Mercedes' new 220 series of six-cylinder sedans, the most popular in the line, appeared in a sleeker new version, with a redesigned engine that boosts power output to a top of 134 h.p. The medium-priced 220 ($4,767 with fuel injection) has a somewhat lower, slightly streamlined body that keeps the unmistakable Mercedes look, a slight suggestion of tail fins, new and larger wrap-around windows (35% more glass), a lower, broader radiator grille, and 50% more luggage space...
...Angeles' Venice West, make much of their loud vows of poverty. To be poor, yak the shirtless ones as they sit scratching in store-front espresso halls, is to be holy, man, holy. But last week, the mendicants of marijuana and mad verse were in the somewhat embarrassing position of monks whose liqueur sells too well. Tourists were snapping up their stuff like Chinese back-scratchers, and the beatniks were starting to rake in the dough...