Word: somewhat
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...modern Vatican is, of course, a somewhat less colorful place, but it remains a center of controversy. Pius XII (1939-58) "saw himself as the Pope of peace," as Kelly puts it, but his efforts to remain "strictly neutral" during World War II led to sharp criticisms of his failure to speak out strongly against the Nazis. Despite the claims of Pius' defenders that he did speak out, Kelly concludes, "What remains clear is that the veiled or generalized language traditional to the curia was not a suitable instrument for dealing with cynically planned world domination and genocide...
...although overpopulation is a major worry, Alfonso said, the World Population's figures are somewhat misleading...
...People is bought by another airline, the intensity of the industry's fare wars will probably ease somewhat, but cheap air travel will almost certainly not disappear. The carriers can afford to keep fares low because their costs are dropping dramatically. For one thing, the industry expects to save $2 billion on its fuel bills this year as a result of declining petroleum costs. In addition, the airlines are curbing payroll expenses through staff attrition and employee wage concessions. The cost of carrying a passenger for a mile on traditional airlines averaged only 7.7 cents during the first quarter...
...hypocrisy, in Reagan's professed personal values. He preaches productivity and rugged individualism, but has always been something less than a workaholic. He preaches the sanctity of family, but is the only President to have been divorced. His relations with his children seem to have been distant and somewhat troubled. He allies himself with religious Fundamentalists for political advantage, but rarely goes to church. Such inconsistencies are human enough. They point a little, however, toward a window onto the uglier side of Reaganism, if not Reagan, the side where some old American meannesses dwell--religious hatreds, fanaticism, intolerance...
...Somewhat easing the conferees' task, many identical provisions appear in the two bills. Examples: both would entirely remove from the tax rolls some 6 million people below or just above the poverty line, and both would revive the so-called marriage penalty by ending the special deduction for families with two wage earners. Another good omen for the conference is that Packwood and Rostenkowski, who have had some testy exchanges in the past, are now talking friendly compromise. Says the Chicago Congressman: "The challenge is to take the best reforms from each" bill. Echoes the Oregon Senator: "Neither...