Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pinyin is a somewhat less cumbersome method of rendering Chinese words in alphabetic form than the traditional Wade-Giles system, which employs apostrophes and hyphens. Examples: Hua Guofeng instead of Hua Kuofeng; Deng Xiaoping instead of Teng Hsiao-p'ing. Initially, TIME plans to use the Pinyin spellings with the conventional Wade-Giles rendering in parentheses. There will be exceptions. Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong in Pinyin) and other familiar figures of history will not appear in their Pinyin form. Nor will such widely used place names as Peking (Beijing in Pinyin), Canton (Guangzhou), Tibet (Xizang) or Hong Kong...
...chains still have room to grow, and their earnings, though slowing somewhat, will probably remain strong by any standards. But there is a growing consensus in and out of the industry that the old days of runaway expansion are over and a tough period of scrambling for new customers and healthy returns lies ahead. A basic problem has been the rising cost of food, especially meat; beef prices jumped 30% last year, and some experts say they could increase by 50% this year. The chains have thus been forced to charge more; McDonald's raised its prices last year...
...audience into the contemplative melancholy of the play itself--leaving audience, actors and playwright running at the same speed. The tempo lags only in the final act. With bare stage, static blocking and house lights turned up, the staging is faithful to Chekhov's sense of desolation, but also somewhat trying to an audience at the end of a three-hour haul...
Kirsten Giroux's Julia is somewhat too petulant and childish in the first two acts, but when she disguises herself as a page to pursue Proteus, she makes more of her part and ends up being pleasantly engaging. The rest of the cast, with one exception, is conventional, adequate, and relatively nondescript...
...glorified office boy" in a London import-export firm, with sensitivity and intensity. Not satisfied to play Tchaik, who is apprehensive about the date and generally inexpressive, with typical manifestations of nervousness, Wiprud gives the character depth by exploring his insecurities about relationships with women. Although he falters somewhat, allowing his intensity and energy level to drop when Tchaik is supposed to be drunk, on balance Wiprud turns in a believable, controlled and emotional performance...