Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...somewhat fancy some of the things that he does...
...money it needs for closing and merging insolvent thrifts. Along with $10.8 billion in new borrowing authority approved by Congress last year, FSLIC will have enough income from deposit- insurance premiums and other sources to bring its rescue resources to $20 billion through 1991. That is only somewhat less than its liabilities for all 510 of the U.S. thrifts that are considered insolvent under strict accounting rules...
Experts point out that the Air Force drawing may be somewhat misleading. Several details, like the placement of the engine-exhaust outlets, have been deliberately masked. Others, including crew size and maximum payload, along with such flight characteristics as range, airspeed and cruising altitude, remain strictly classified. The Air Force does acknowledge, however, that the plane is going to cost more than projected. The fleet of 132 bombers, originally priced at $36.6 billion, could cost twice as much by the time it is airborne in the 1990s...
...expected, however, those for whom the change comes too late are somewhat bitter. Aside from disappointing Ec 1011's graduates--who naturally wish that future generations should endure the same torture--the decision to remove the rigorous second year theory class is counterproductive to the goal of teaching Economics...
...already besieged occupied territories. In Gaza, where al-Wazir had lived as a teenager, there were protests and memorial services for the slain official of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Seven Palestinians were killed and scores wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers. In the West Bank the scene was somewhat less violent but no less angry. Palestinians flew black flags and crowded the mosques to read commemorative phrases from the Koran. Still, tensions resulted in five deaths, making last Saturday's total death toll of at least twelve the highest daily count since the Palestinian uprisings began last December. Confronted...