Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Sacajawea's good works only made it easier for the non-native Americans to exploit her people and the land itself. She may have served as a sign of peace, but Americans were anything but peaceful in forcing hundreds of tribes from their homelands. It is therefore somewhat ridiculous to honor Sacajawea for what Rheta Johnson called "an enormous and personal contribution to this country." Her contribution, willing or not, was to a grand injustice. And if we as a nation didn't care about the plight of the American Indians then, we don't care much today, either...
Beauregard said she does not generally think about the gender balance in HCS, but admitted, "It certainly is a somewhat male-dominated organization." She said her election shows that there are not any barriers for women...
...exert a great influence on the country's art. But in Edo, a more secular and even demotic imagination began to assert itself--marked, writes Singer, by "bold, sometimes brash expression...and a playful outlook on life in general." This happened because Japanese society, in the new capital, became somewhat more open to change. Not very much, but a little, and then a little more. The once despised merchants and entrepreneurs, and other commoners too, were developing their own tastes. They became an important cultural force. So did a kind of city mentality. Edo Japan saw a great expansion...
...winners from the demise of Mobil and Union Camp will be the remaining players--assuming the deals are approved by shareholders and regulators. The only way to get pricing under control is to take out capacity. Exxon's takeover of Mobil could lead to somewhat higher gas prices, as a price-cutting competitor gets vanquished. And International Paper's stock looks that much better, knowing it won't have to compete with Union Camp. Both companies can strip sales, marketing and technology spending out of the budgets of their prey. It is remarkable how much duplication and overlap can exist...
...watches his friend's ludicrous performance-art piece. His friend sits, mostly naked, in a bathtub, talking about how alone he is and how his parents "never took me to Disneyland!" and finishes the piece by cutting his wrists, which he immediately bandages. The performance leaves Tad "irritated," somewhat scornful of such observations that pose at being deep but wind up being simply dumb. This is O'Donnell's recognition that the style he himself is using can deteriorate into empty words if taken to an unmitigated extreme...