Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cohen and Carlos are so very good with their tender, amusing scenes that they manage to steal the show from the somewhat clever narrative device. They seem to resist the heavy hand of the playwright and keep their characters alive...
Same time, last year: Harvard hosts Brown this Saturday at the Stadium (kickoff 1:30 p.m.). The Bruins come into the Stadium riding a three-game losing streak, but are just off a somewhat heartening 22-7 loss to nationally-ranked Holy Cross. The Bruins trailed only 9-7 at halftime...
Even so, U.S. manufacturers claim they could compete head to head with Japanese rivals if the foreigners stopped selling below cost. The U.S. chipmakers are somewhat optimistic about the new trade pact, under which the Department of Commerce is setting so-called fair market values for each Japanese company's chip exports to the U.S. To arrive at the fair market value, which is the minimum price at which the manufacturer is allowed to sell the semiconductor, the department tallies up an individual Japanese ( chipmaker's costs in making each product and adds a profit of 8%. The Government...
Fisher, with hair somewhat darker than one would expect on a man of 58, spoke solemnly about coming up to Grossinger's as an untried singer: "I was sent here to become 18." As he reminisced, a young cameraperson arrived and, setting up her equipment, asked the speaker's identity. "Carrie Fisher's father," she was informed...
...Jesse Helms, who had been given access to unpublished CIA files on the A.N.C. Helms contended that the evidence shows A.N.C. leadership to be "fully penetrated and dominated by members of the S.A.C.P." As the group's exile continued into the 1970s, its influence among South African blacks declined somewhat. But that changed after a mass uprising in the black township of Soweto near Johannesburg in 1976. An estimated 4,000 young blacks fled the country to avoid detention, and most of them joined the A.N.C. The result was an infusion of new blood and fighting spirit. Well before Tambo...