Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...varsity lights fully recovered from an early season ease of schizophrenia were all Jekyll yesterday, gradually drawing away from the rest of the field by a length during the first 1000 meters then weathering a late Princeton challenge to win by a comfortable--well, somewhat comfortable--third of a length...
...despite the unfinished business of the Sprints, Radcliffe finished off its season with a big splash, tossing struggling 6-ft. coach Carie Graves into the drink with somewhat less aplomb than if she were a winning coxswain...
During Charles' years at Gordonstoun came another royal first: six months at Timbertop, a wilderness school run by the Church of England in Australia. Charles, who in his early teens had seemed somewhat fearful and plodding, responded gamely to the tough regimens of both institutions: "The idea is to challenge a person so they find something within themselves they didn't realize existed," he later explained. "This can have an electrifying effect on somebody who normally, perhaps, was doubtful about his own ability. I know it has had an effect on me, which has lasted ever since. There...
...trendy views. I dare say many of my views and beliefs would be considered somewhat old-fashioned and out of date, but that doesn't worry me because fashion, by its very definition, is transitory, and, human nature being what it is, what was old-fashioned at length becomes in fashion, and thus the whole process continues. The real problem, I find, is having the courage of your convictions when others about you seem to be losing theirs...
...this was never really on. Charles is prohibited by law from marrying a Roman Catholic. And for Marie-Astrid, a devout R.C., to renounce her faith would not be well received by a lot of people. Princess Grace's charming and amusing daughter is also a Roman Catholic, somewhat headstrong and getting married anyway. Nor do I think Charles will marry a German princess...