Word: somewhat
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Dawid added that he was surprised to get the job because he had heard that the process was somewhat closed to outsiders. His only prior experience in publishing consists of some work on a student newspaper at Cambridge University...
Davidson also concedes that it may be difficult to "serve as people's boss, and then hang out with them on weekends. But the office is pretty laid-back, so the hierarchy can be somewhat unofficial, as long as everyone does...
...somewhat more tolerant of other old friends. The worst he has to say about Lionel Trilling, whom he considers the most intelligent person he ever met, is that he lacked a certain political courage, taking refuge always in his favorite word, complicated. Everything was complicated, Trilling would insist, his emphasis lingering on the first syllable. Of Hellman, Podhoretz finds surprisingly pleasant things to say--she was a wonderful cook, she was great company, "playful, mischievous, bitchy, earthy, and always up for a laugh." But her extraordinary lies (the "Julia" story, for example) and her habit of self-glorification--herself presented...
...graduate in three years outweighs for some students the intellectual incentive to remain for a fourth. Finally, not all high schools offer A.P. curricula, which means that the advantages offered by Advanced Standing--saving one year's worth of tuition or obtaining a master's degree--are unequally (and somewhat arbitrarily) distributed...
MARTA DORION has spent her last Saturday at the office, and though she may feel a sense of relief, the rest of us are feeling somewhat forlorn. In her 38 years with Time Inc., the last four as chief of reporters for TIME, Dorion stayed late on Fridays, arrived early on Saturdays and could be counted on the rest of the week to dole out assignments, advice and M&M's. Her efficiency and omniscience lent order to an often chaotic office. "Marta was involved in every step we took each week, from the reporting to transmitting pages...