Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...screenplays, that the entire audience giggles every time she talks without moving her lips? And, finally, how come the Department of Energy didn't shut this picture down? It must have cost Kuwait's entire monthly output to fuel this non sense, with a resultant entertainment value somewhat beneath James Schlesinger's latest speech...
...What is the Administration proposal?" House Speaker Tip O'Neill inquired somewhat rhetorically last week...
...conscience." Little wonder that LeBoutillier's publisher, Gateway Editions Ltd., sent the book to William Buckley Jr., 52, whose God and Man at Yale, written when he was 24, attacked the faculty biases of his day. Buckley's reaction to Harvard Hates America was conservative and somewhat self-congratulatory: "The book is in a distinguished tradition...
...Revenge, Edwards parodies The Godfather and The French connection, and--perhaps learning from his past mistakes--he keeps it domestic and visually smaller. He also lightens Seller's load by giving him a large and funny supporting cast, and the somewhat reduced chores enhance his appeal. Clouseau still mucks up his vowel sounds and takes a good many falls, but Edwards doesn't labor these gags as much as he did last time. One can hardly call him restrained, but he's comparatively restrained. Admittedly, the plot is harebrained and the climax, set in a fireworks factory, fizzles, but there...
Compared with the revolutionary jets of the late 1950s and the awesome jumbos of the early 1970s, the third generation of the early 1980s will seem to bring only evolutionary change. The new planes will not be longer, larger or sleeker than today's jumbos but somewhat shorter, smaller and squatter. They will be quieter, less fuel-thirsty, more automated and efficient to operate...