Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard is in a somewhat dual position here. They have a clear interest in the outcome of the election but on the other hand they run the election," Hartman said...
...title indicates, this latest volume in the trilogy about the author Nathan Zuckerman--who no doubt is modeled somewhat after Roth--is a story about opposing lives. First there is the opposition between Nathan and his brother Henry, a successful suburban dentist in South Orange, New Jersey. Then there is the counterlife that Henry decides to live in Israel and the counterlife that Nathan decides to live in England. The interaction between these various worlds and people provides the canvas on which Roth paints his vision of his Jewishness...
...hair only slightly gray. Dark blue eyes focused intently through his rimless aviator glasses. Bush was unruffled as he listened to questions / about his political nerve. "I know inside," he said, quietly tapping his chest, "I've got a lot of fiber here." He conceded he had been somewhat excessive in wooing conservatives but felt comfortable with it. There was, after all, a fundamental conservative underpinning to his philosophy, he said...
...beguiled into writing about food by the engaging articles signed with that somewhat mysterious byline in early issues of Gourmet, the prospect of visiting Fisher brought with it some nervous excitement. Meeting a writer one admires is risky business, for there is the awful chance that the real-life personality will be so at odds with the literary presence that the written word no longer rings true...
...news: a television channel in Washington dumped two January episodes of his 30-minute telecast. Seven other outlets, including stations in Tulsa and Dallas, are now monitoring each of the United Methodist preacher's syndicated shows to see if they fit the stations' standards. The Tulsa Tribune, a somewhat sympathetic observer of Roberts over the years, declared in an editorial headline, COME OFF IT, ORAL...