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Word: somewhat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Somewhat belatedly, McDonald pleaded with Mulloy to reconsider. "If anything happened to this launch," he said prophetically, "I sure wouldn't want to be the person that had to stand in front of a board of inquiry to explain why I launched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Serious Deficiency | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

Indicating that she will probably apply to the Law School soon, she said she was somewhat nervous that her posing in the pictorial might hinder her chances of being accepted...

Author: By Arthur Rublin, | Title: Playboy: 60 Want to Pose | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

...very self-assured, honest about my abilities, and somewhat adventurous," says another Yardling. "If my parents knew about [the McLean research], they would die." He says he would not do the program again, although participants are allowed to go through three sets of tests before having to withdraw...

Author: By Cynthia V. Hooper, | Title: Donating Your Body for Scientific Research | 3/6/1986 | See Source »

There have been lobbyists in Washington for as long as there have been lobbies. But never before have they been so numerous or quite so brazen. What used to be, back in the days of Bobby Baker, a somewhat shady and disreputable trade has burst into the open with a determined show of respectability. Tempted by the staggering fees lobbyists can command, lawmakers and their aides are quitting in droves to cash in on their connections. For many, public service has become a mere internship for a lucrative career as a hired gun for special interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peddling Influence | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...Hite called this "emotional" orgasm, as opposed to "real" orgasm. The clitoro-feminists also managed to clear out the compromisers, who believed in "blended" vaginal-clitoral orgasms. What the heck. It worked for Scotch, why not for climaxes? But no, the clitoral-pride movement got so strong it became somewhat embarrassing to admit that you owned a vagina or a penis. For all we know, women who used to fake vaginal orgasms for their hubbies began to fake clitoral ones for the women's movement. I guess you could call this progress of a sort. But do women really have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: On the Trail of the Big O | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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