Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reporting on an industry redolent of mystery and the exotic, Raffety was most fascinated by Bergerac himself. Her explanation: "I always suspected that people in this business were somewhat artificial-speaking with broad accents, for example, or constantly using endearments like 'darling.' Bergerac could not be more genuine: he is warm and friendly without being mushy, and he possesses a quick, dry sense of humor. I especially enjoyed watching him on his farm as he fed lettuce to his goat Dudley and played with his two baby lambs. Bergerac is as comfortable in the woods...
...Nationally--as in New York State, recent discussion about mortgage lending has focused solely on geographic discrimination." Schafer said Thursday. "This concern is somewhat misdirected since our findings indicate that individuals, more than neighborhoods, are the object of discrimination...
These books are somewhat scaled down--after all not many kitchens feature ovens large enough to roast whole oxen, nor do many now wish to nosh on "gizzards, livers, and heart of swan." But one can always seek the true spirit of Christmas in an eleven course meal, featuring, as one author suggested, "Friters of Parsnips, Funges, Aquapatys (boiled garlic) and the like, finishing of course with as much Hippocras (spiced wine) as the body could tolerate...
...Dead's Shakedown Street, which has a few new tunes, a few classic tunes not on any of their other albums, and a few redone numbers. It's a Dead album, and it's good. Nuff said. Eric Clapton has a little number called Backless out, and it sounds somewhat like his last album. Not that the songs are't (comfortably) rocking, well--crafted and often very satisfying, but Clapton used to be one of the finest guitarists around and he just seems unwilling to break out of his safe, self--imposed semi--mediocrity to make that guitar sizzle...
...paperback), by C. Collodi, translated by Carol della Chiesa. But as this intriguing volume shows, the story has no true ending. The marionette whose nose grows with each lie is almost a century old, and Attilio Mussino's paintings were first printed in 1911. Yet this version -somewhat redesigned for modern consumption-is as ageless as all great fables. The paper clothes, the bread hat, the saintly carpenter Geppetto, the Cat and the Fox, the Azure Fairy are creations of genius, and those who know only the Disney version can now see where the animators got their ideas...