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Word: somewhat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Katherine Kean as Cunegonde, though somewhat overshadowed by the prevailing lunacy, gives a coy and engaging performance. Kean has a stunning voice which she displays in a solo called "Glitter and Be Gay." Her operatic fireworks brought a two-minute ovation. Kean's acting is almost as good as her voice, though she tends to overdo the fluffy-headed childishness of the gold-digging Cunegonde...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Glitter and Be Gay | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

...tell Herbert's lawyers about his conversations with Wallace, or why he decided to believe certain sources but not others, or how he chose what to put on the air and what to leave in the cutting-room. A lower court ordered him to comply, and CBS appealed. Somewhat surprisingly, the network won a sweeping victory in 1977 from a federal court of appeals: an absolute privilege to refuse to answer any questions about editorial thoughts or conversations. "Faced with such an inquiry," wrote Judge Irving Kaufman, "reporters and journalists would be reluctant to express their doubts. Indeed, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Mind of a Journalist | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...never fear! The people of Boston are rallying. One gentleman told the Globe the sale never would have been necessary if it hadn't been for all those crazy liberals with "their anti-business attitudes and no-growth economic policies" that stifle Mother, God and free-enterprise. Other Bostonians, somewhat more constructively, are rushing checks to the MFA to try to raise $5 million for the SOS (Save Our Stuarts) campaign...

Author: By Amy B. Mclntosh, | Title: George and Martha -- Washington? | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

...specifically to bolster the University administration. Its objective, he and other participants say, was "to keep the University do-politicized"--an aim that--in view of the political nature of any caucus--even the late Robert G. McClosky, professor of Government and leader of the caucus, admitted was somewhat "paradoxical...

Author: By Jonathan H. Alter, | Title: On the Right | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

...works." The discipline is strict indeed. No alcohol, no snacks (except raw carrots and celery), no sugar, no oils. The dieter must follow, for two weeks at a time, a day-by-day menu that allows no substitutions. At least by the dieter. Tarnower himself changed the menus somewhat when he wrote his book. For example, the dinner that the original followers most dreaded (cottage cheese, eggs and cooked cabbage) has been changed to roast chicken, spinach, green peppers and string beans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Diet of the Hour | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

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