Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Borrell's travel habits changed somewhat when he arrived in Mexico City a year ago. "There aren't the enormous distances and other logistical problems that made covering Africa and the Middle East so tiring," he said. "In Africa the quickest way of getting from one country to another often involved changing planes in Europe." In Central America, by contrast, "you can sometimes leave a government garrison and drive only a few miles down the road to make contact with the guerrillas...
...somewhat surprising result is that this first-term Senator from downstate Illinois, a college dropout whose education came as a crusading small-town newspaper editor, is suddenly no longer viewed as a presidential ego-tripper, the 1988 version of Alan Cranston. At least for the moment, he is running with Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt and Jesse Jackson at the front of the Democratic pack...
...been all smiles as he ushered Douglas Ginsburg into the East Room of the White House to the applause and cheers of supporters. True, the former Harvard professor was, at 41, unusually young to be nominated to the Supreme Court and, with only a year on the federal bench, somewhat inexperienced. But the candidate for Associate Justice was, the President declared, "a man who believes profoundly in the rule...
...Crimes of Patriots, as well as the book's own jacket, make much of its revelations about the Iran-Contra affair. But they shouldn't. As is the case with Bob Woodward's Veil, portions of this book that deal with the arms for hostages swap are somewhat afterthoughtish. After appearing on the jacket, the name Richard Secord does not come up again until page 273; Ollie North comes up at about the same point but figures even less prominently in Kwitny's narrative...
...fairly well in demanding roles. Prascak's script calls for difficult switches between disparate modes--such as clever word play and campy melodrama--and the actors always maintain their composure. Especially good were Bader and Adam Hyman, who played Raphael, Death's assistant. Although the procession of scenes was somewhat disjointed and hasty, an intervening week of rehearsals has probably smoothed many of the difficulties...