Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Quayle won "very positive reviews" in his talks with Latin leaders. The Vice President impressed Brazil's President Jose Sarney by asking about the country's November elections. "You mean in Brazil?" replied Sarney, evidently astonished that Quayle was aware of the upcoming vote. Even Ortega had kind if somewhat condescending words: "I thought he showed an ability to understand the political reality of Latin America...
...years ago, Hope wrote in a pamphlet onwomen Law School graduates that "A woman withsufficient seniority and experience to beconsidered [for a corporate post] is somewhat morelikely to be chosen than a man; there are fewer ofus in the pool...
...last year, when Saudi Arabia's Ambassador recited from the Qur'an. Hatfield complains that the breakfast has become a status symbol and "a ceremony of civil religion." He has introduced a Senate motion to abolish the affair. Many foreign observers find the whole phenomenon of Potomac piety somewhat disconcerting. "It is incomprehensible to most Europeans," sniffs a British diplomat. "It's almost as bad as Freemasonry...
...which employees own the majority of the stock. By giving workers a stake in the company's success, enthusiasts say, the programs boost morale and productivity. But the popularity of ESOPs, which were initially created in the 1950s, has been fueled in the 1980s by an unintended and somewhat controversial application: as a double-edged tool useful for both financing corporate takeovers and staving them...
These Californians may never get to see the two most important urban phenomena, yellow snow and grey snow, or have the somewhat dubious honor of having local brats chuck iceballs at their head...