Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shows who is fussed over and clutched at whenever he walks down a street or sits in a restaurant. During his partnership with Rice, Lloyd Webber was content to let his more outgoing, voluble associate front for the pair. "Tim was a natural performer," remembers Lloyd Webber. "I was somewhat of an enigma. Since then I've had to learn to look at a camera, but I don't do chat shows where I am supposed to be funny, nor do I have a desperate urge to do the Carson show. But when I need to talk about the work...
...Somewhat disingenuously, Lloyd Webber professes not to relish his new status, to be unaware of the impact his growing personal fame will have on his box-office appeal. "In the end," he insists, "it comes down to the quality of what you give them in the theater." So it does. And on that basis the canniest show composer of our time has long since confirmed his standing. But the sure-to-be-smash opening of Phantom will doubtless confirm something else too. The awkward London youth has grown up, conquered Broadway and become what he once only envisioned: Andrew Lloyd...
...anthropoid primates but like certain arboreal rodents and members of the ursine order, undergo peculiar physiological shifts as the nights lengthen and the weather turns cold. A pallor sets in around the cheeks and jaw, the hair becomes dishevelled, and exhaustion and bad breath replace the generally sunny, if somewhat offstandish, demeanor. As the progress continues, cause feeds on effect, creating a downward spiral of personal appearance and emotional well-being...
These issues were also hotly debated last term, and observers predict that this year's more progressive council will deal with them somewhat differently...
Although the council has moved towards the left somewhat, Kavin warned against expecting a complete ideological shift. And Bolling said Ianella, who has served on the council since 1958, will not be much more progressive...