Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said he allowed the shanties to remain up through the spring as an expression of "mutual respect," but said, "I am forced to admit that the respecting of rights has been somewhat one-sided, that a purely voluntary system of balancing rights does not seem feasible, and what might be regarded as an experiment has not been entirely successful...
Although tradition has it that it never rains on the first Thursday in June, bad-weather plans do exist. In the event of a downpour, the ceremonies would proceed as usual, although in somewhat shortened form, Lichten adds...
Cuomo, for all his somewhat disingenuous reluctance, finds himself playing a central character in the uncertain saga of his party. In the Age of Reagan, Democrats are a party in search of direction. Cuomo has the potential to be the muscular philosopher-prince who can teach them to preserve what is best of traditional liberalism in an era of fiscal conservatism. He is, in fact, a kind of microcosm of the divided soul of the party. As the man who runs, as he likes to put it, "the greatest state in the greatest nation in the only world we know...
...America, and because of it, the White House and the House of Representatives, which has been televised live on the C-SPAN cable network since 1979, seemed to be getting disproportionate attention. Minority Leader Robert Byrd warned mournfully that the Senate was fast becoming the "invisible half of Congress." Somewhat grudgingly, and only after nine days of floor debate, the Senators voted early this year to let the cameras in. Starting next week, the Senate will be televised live on C-SPAN--at least for a couple of months. In late July, after all reviews are in, the Senate will...
...addition to following somewhat different approaches, spas are turning up in unlikely spots. A few cruise ships offer programs. The Golden Door runs a popular one aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2. And there are a growing number of so-called urban spas for time-pressed, cash-short city dwellers. Georgette Klinger's two-month-old Total Care Program in New York City features half-day and full-day schedules. At Le Pli, located by the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass., weekend guests stay at the hotel, get a fitness evaluation, nutrition advice, massages, facials and body wraps. Kathleen Keady...