Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defense is the only area that appeared to bother Scalise as he contemplated the season yesterday. Having lost goalie Irene Kacandes, and fullbacks Natalie Roe and Rian Smith, who are all taking the year off, the defense is somewhat disorganized, although still talented...
...fact of the book contract suggested that Farber's refusal to release his notes might stem not from journalistic necessity, as he claimed, but from more commercial considerations. Moreover, Farber's willingness to permit the examination of his notes in the informal setting of a publishing house rendered somewhat unconvincing his contention that an in camera examination would compromise the confidentiality of his sources...
...clear that the U.S. was feeling out the positions of both the Israelis and Egyptians. As part of this process, the three leaders met together three times, for a total of 6˝ hours. Although the three weekend sabbaths?Muslim, Jewish and Christian?slowed the pace of the talks somewhat, they gave the participants an opportunity to review what they had learned and analyze potential areas of compromise...
...Patriotic Front to agree to attend an all-parties conference before the end of the year. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and the other front-line Presidents, who have been working jointly for a Rhodesian settlement, still favor such a conference. So does Robert Mugabe, Nkomo's somewhat estranged partner in the Patriotic Front. Mugabe is not nearly as popular a political figure as Nkomo, but because he controls at least two-thirds of the guerrillas who are fighting inside Rhodesia, he must obviously be a party to any successful settlement...
...autobiography has done its job, and the reader has seen a man intelligent and selfabsorbed, better at action than ideas, somewhat rueful and, by his own testimony, a reasonably decent fellow. The inclination is to accept the judgment. - John Skow