Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report will probably go beyond just thefindings [of the National Academy of Sciences]because it will have to go into the policyimplications somewhat," said Pinney...
...failed to supply news about the accident for 24 hours and then had not properly warned neighboring countries about the extent of the damage. "The Swiss have treated us in a beastly manner," complained Neelie Smit-Kroes, the Dutch Minister for Transport and Public Works. The Swiss assuaged tempers somewhat by accepting responsibility for the accident and stating that they would consider paying compensation. The delay in getting out information about the accident, said Swiss officials, was due to a "misunderstanding...
Each side is believed to have about a million men under arms. That is a particularly heavy burden for Iraq, whose population is only 15 million, vs. Iran's 48 million. After a long stalemate, the military balance shifted somewhat last February, when the Iranians captured the Fao peninsula in southern Iraq and Iraqi forces failed to retake it despite massive bombardment and the alleged use of mustard gas. The Iraqis hit back by seizing the Iranian border town of Mehran in May, but were later forced to give...
Washington's uproarious Richard Scammon, a political expert who loves the thunder of combat, wonders somewhat sadly if we have "become too sophisticated for ideology." The level of education, awareness and understanding increases geometrically with every election. Government programs cushion and encourage almost everyone in the nation in some way. Only a small fraction of the population is now outside the system, a phenomenon that tends to discourage boat rockers. The farmers in trouble are not penniless tenants on somebody else's land; they are farm owners, capitalists who risked and lost, which is part of the game, no matter...
...recent successes, including his album,EMO2, and a Cinemax special seem to have left him somewhat ambivalent about fame. He says, "It's okay. I don't mind. It's nice. I don't care. I hate...