Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan policy of information restrictions "has appeared somewhat threatening" to scientific research, says Harvard Director of Governmental Relations Parker L. Coddington. "Once you start creating fences, you don't help yourself in the [technological] race," Coddington says...
First, and most important, the comparisons made between Ivy League tuition and fee rates are somewhat inaccurate. The data you quote under the heading "tuition" are not simply tuition rates. Rather, these data are what colleges call the package cost, i.e., University health fees are not treated consistently in your comparisons. For example, the 1988-89 rates reported for Yale and Dartmouth do not include required health fees. Had required health fees been included for all institutions, your table would show Harvard's cost as lower than that for either Yale or Dartmouth...
...while Michaelmania has subsided somewhat since 1982, many fans have remained true to the superstar. Some others, though, have been turned off by his weird lifestyle and interests. Michael seems to contradict himself so often, that it's hard for anyone who enjoys his music to understand what...
...difference between public and private attitudes was often startling. In official discussions, we noticed our Soviet counterparts were somewhat constrained and feared to speak openly--a lack of glasnost. But in personal talks at students' homes or in the local student club, words flowed easily, and students were sincere, open and critical. We spent our free time walking around the city together, talking and laughing, We intellectualized our differences while making our basic similarities known. One-on-one discussions proved that the Soviet students were candidly critical of the Soviet system as it existed, yet hopeful for change...
Although Dukakis has been somewhat emboldened by adversity, his critiques of Jackson remain oblique and limited. When pressed, Dukakis points out that he dissents from some of Jackson's stands, such as advocacy of a Palestinian homeland. But though the Governor once grew adept at trading invective with Richard Gephardt, now he will only gingerly compare his record with Jackson's, using lines like "I don't just talk about jobs; I've helped create them...