Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...collected the standard Mouseketeer ears and mugged for the camera in the huge paw and maw of King Kong. At one point Katya seemed to have gone Hollywood, donning a pair of sunglasses and telling students, "I want to be a film director." In fact, she is already a somewhat experienced actress, having appeared back home in five peace-promoting films. Earlier, in Houston, she visited the Johnson Space Center and participated in her first Easter-egg hunt. In Chicago she sampled the cuisine of McDonald's (French fries da, Big Mac nyet). And in Washington she toured the national...
CERTAIN MEMBERS of the audience at a last week's conservative club-sponsored "Contra" lecture came with a somewhat different purpose in mind than most. They came not to hear the man speak but to shout him down. Needless to say, they achieved their objective; the man was not heard. But in this case the result was a pyrrhic victory...
...Investigation committees" like this one have become a permanent landmark in American political hindsight. When things get out of control, we need a scientific study to set the record straight. But "fact finding" is somewhat of a delusion. No matter what you call it, such a committee--with its inevitable crossection of experts and laymen--looks like a jury...
Allio makes the transition less easily than Glucksman and his Idol isn't as comfortable in front of the crowds. And while Glucksman manages to maintain a shadow of the passion of the original Catherine, Allio's Heathcliffe comes off somewhat mechanical...
...essential fantasy of the video, the lush and bounteous scenery used to recreate imagination, is thus somewhat lost. As Catherine, for example, stares out into the real live crowd, tosses back her head, sidles back and forth and purses her lips, the audience stares back at the actress against the white sceen and feels left...