Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter seemed somewhat puzzled by the Israelis' continued stance. Talking to a group of editors and broadcasters last week, the President noted that during Begin's March visit to the White House, the Israeli leader "never mentioned to me one time any concern he might have about the sale of weapons...
Soon after taking office, Kahn shucked off the CAB's cautious approach to granting fare cuts and told airline chiefs that he would welcome applications for discounts. The more aggressive lines, especially American and United, quickly reduced fares to fill unoccupied seats, and competitors were somewhat reluctantly forced to follow their lead. Last month the CAB voted to allow airlines to cut fares as much as 50% without even checking with the agency. This move could hurt some lines that may need to show dominant positions on important routes in order to get financing for fleet buildups...
...that "media conglomerates" were becoming indistinguishable from other large corporations by branching out into businesses unrelated to news dissemination. He specifically cited pulp mills (as in the case of the New York Times, among others) and pulp timberlands (as in the case of Time Inc., among others). In a somewhat gratuitous swipe that he admitted was of no constitutional relevance, he noted that media conglomerates are no more "virtuous, wise or restrained in the exercise of corporate power" than any other corporation...
...warm Tennessee marble cladding, the East Building is intended to be an authoritative, if not exactly authoritarian, statement: balanced, lucid, reflecting the inherently conservative nature of the National Gallery's self-image. The East Building and its concourse (which together cover 604,000 sq. ft.) will be somewhat larger than the older building (522,500 sq. ft.). The new structure may be the most expensive public building to have been erected in America. Most of the $95 million that went into it came from one man, Paul Mellon−and the foundation he controls. The funds to construct...
Described as "a serious Billie Burke" by one of her friends, Author Truman Capote, Bunny is a woman of great, if somewhat eccentric style and a brilliant landscapist. At the request of another friend, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bunny redesigned the White House gardens; her own gardens in Virginia look like an impressionist painting...