Word: somewhat
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Sadat then traveled by helicopter to Camp David, where he greeted Carter with exuberant Arab-style hugs. He embraced Rosalynn with somewhat more restraint, giving her a quick peck on the cheek. Carter and Sadat strolled to Aspen Lodge, the presidential residence, and then on to Dogwood Lodge, the Egyptian's quarters...
Even the devout Begin bent his faith's strictures somewhat and engaged in tripartite rounds, which to avoid criticism in Israel were labeled "informal gatherings for nonpolitical reasons." Noting that everyone at the summit was willing to compromise his religious obligations for the sake of the talks' success, an Israeli participant explained, "If a Jew is aboard a ship which begins listing, what is the first thing he throws overboard? The answer is his prayer shawl and phylacteries. That is what has happened here at Camp David...
John Skow, you say that Dick Yates' new novel A Good School [Aug. 21] is first-rate, acute and impeccable and then slap him down somewhat scornfully at the end. You say his work comes close to fear, whatever that's supposed to say as a literary evaluation. I would have thought you'd applaud that cautionary nerve in Yates when we have so many books so bravely fearless and forgotten. Fear is a quality to be admired in a writer of Yates' integrity. If he has fear, how can the rest of us afford...
Still, there is an unsettling feeling that the Camp David summit has been somewhat ill prepared for. It is usually a firm rule of summitry that the participants arrive with a fairly clear idea of the outcome. Mostly, they ratify agreements that have already been worked out in intense negotiations by lower-level officials. Often even the concluding communiques are drafted before the parties formally take their seats. This tradition is designed to avoid the dangers of high-level misunderstandings and wounded national pride. But Camp David is unique; a high U.S. official calls it a "virginal experience...
Remember Watergate? John Ehrlichman does, probably somewhat differently from you and me. The former Nixon aide says that the effect of Watergate on the nation is "like pretty girls . . . not entirely good and not entirely bad." Anyone interested in more such pearls from Ehrlichman can tune in on his new 2½-min., five-day-a-week radio commentary, The View from Here, airing Oct. 2 on more than 900 stations. In a promo record, he comments on the upcoming Begin-Sadat meeting at Camp David. Noting that there is only one kitchen that serves guests at the presidential retreat...