Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just now, that beast seems rather distant. In fact, the economy was somewhat stronger in August and September than it was in the early summer. With gasoline readily available again, buyers have returned to shopping centers and auto showrooms. Reflecting this consumer boomlet, the Commerce Department guesstimates that the economy may have actually grown at an annual rate of 1% in the third quarter. But in the fourth quarter, which begins this week, the brief spending splurge is expected to fade, and the pace of business will slow sharply...
...sleep with their bosses or with influential co-workers in order to keep their jobs. The women who made passes were described by the men as "very attractive" and under 40; men who made advances to women, on the other hand, were generally over 40 and rated as "somewhat unattractive." They also made passes at other women in the office...
Author John Barth, 49, began his career in the guise of a realist with a somewhat spooky sense of humor. The Floating Opera (1956) and The End of the Road (1958) appeared as slim companion pieces; they pivoted on the same philosophical question, i.e., how to impose values on a neutral universe; and both dwelt on despair as a source of grim comedy. But they were also set in a recognizable version of Maryland's Eastern Shore and populated with conventional characters. The Sot-Weed Factor (1960) changed course. An encyclopedic parody of 18th century English picaresque fiction...
...massive choral scene in Act III, enough was enough. Hence the rightness of the subdued, wistfully melancholy fourth act, a sort of spacious postlude. This act is Desdemona's great moment. Soprano Gilda Cruz-Romo made the most of it, although in the earlier acts her singing had somewhat lacked color and shading. Poignant and dignified, she spun out the Willow Song and Desdemona's final prayer in long, crystalline legates...
...return to Washington on Oct. 12, Haig and I went to Nixon's refuge in the Executive Office Building. Somewhat exultantly, I told the President that it looked as if he had achieved all three of his major goals for 1972-the first two being the visit to Peking and the Moscow summit. Nixon's principal concern was Thieu's reaction. I was -naively-optimistic...