Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WEEK THE SENATE voted to override the President's veto--only the fifth such occurrence in Reagan's current term--and so voted into law economic sanctions against the Republic of South Africa. The image of a U.S. government sharply divided between the Administration and Congress may send a somewhat ambivalent diplomatic signal to other nations, but Congress's unambiguous stand, confirmed by the uncharacteristic veto override, is important for the message it sends to Black South Africans...
...last week. Buy and sell orders for the currency flooded into markets around the world, propelled by gusts of verbiage that flew between Washington and its major foreign economic allies. Money traders from Sydney to London to San Francisco whipsawed the value of the greenback before it settled down somewhat at week's end, 2.4% higher against major currencies than the week before...
Mathematical modeling of political behavior takes a more scientific approach than traditional political science, and it is still somewhat controversial. It is distinct from quantitative political science--modeling is concerned mostly with the logical flow of ideas, whereas quantitative political science is concerned mostly with statistical relationships...
Shepsle acknowledges that taking the time to familiarize himself with Harvard and what it offers will take away somewhat from his research time this year, but he plans to be here long enough to make up for it--"the expectation when you come is that you're planning a 30-year career," he says...
...larger celebration held in early September may have been somewhat pretentious and glitzy, but at least most of the events and symposia were free. The economic exclusivity of the ball, what one student called, "a final club event in the yard," reflects the lack of planning and democratic student input that ought to go into all aspects of undergraduate life...