Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...maintained the edge of offensiveness tempered by outrageousness and good humor. And insipidly enough, Animal House is also quite the Ivy League film. For Animal House is the ultimate Dartmouth movie--or, at least the ultimate rendering of the characteristically snotty Harvard image of Dartmouth (which seems to be somewhat justified)--animalistic, incredibly horny, crude beer-swillers run amok in the tundra. Former devotees of the magazine will recognize the scenario of the film from a sporadic series of Dartmouth frat stories that ran around 1972 or 1973. So what we have here is the Ivy League joke carried...
Although the Administration wanted a total repeal of the embargo, Majority Leader Robert Byrd insisted that such a measure could not pass. Instead, he and George McGovern proposed a compromise. Deferring somewhat to the Greeks, the compromise called for an end to the embargo but kept some limits on arms sales to Turkey. The President would have to certify that any military or economic assistance to that country would contribute to peace in Cyprus. He would also have to report to Congress every 60 days on progress toward a settlement. When the Senate approved the measure...
...lobbyists in Washington have eagerly charged into the openings created by a weakened presidency and a more independent and less rigidly organized Congress. One of the most striking aspects of this new lobbying is the willingness of Big Business to join in. While corporations still somewhat squeamishly call their lobbyists "Government affairs specialists" or "Washington representatives," the fact that the heads of multi-billion-dollar firms are now willing to plead their causes personally shows their awareness that Government is not going to retreat from its intrusion into their corporate lives. "Fifteen years ago, the businessman was told that politics...
Crane's view of the presidency is somewhat unusual. George Washington is the President he most admires because in an age of many more brilliant men, Washington dominated by force of character, then walked away from power with ease. Crane pays special tribute to Grover Cleveland because Cleveland "had a unique understanding of the impact of soft money on wage earners" and discerned the evils of the era's trade protectionism. If Presidents are judged by what they achieved as measured against their stated objectives, says Crane, then James K. Polk, who vowed to acquire California, settle...
Boston's two other division-leading clubs are getting ready to close out their seasons in somewhat more stylish fashion. The Tea Men, fresh from a little get-together with some British customs officers in Boston Harbor, should finish up atop their little bailiwick in the North American Soccer League, although their chances of survival in the playoffs are cloudy at best. The season will end for the team on Saturday in Memphis, with Teaperson Mike Flanagan making a last stab at surpassing New York Cosmo Giorgio Chinaglia for the league scoring crown (at this writing Flanagan trailed...