Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...presents one face to the general public, but in Sanders she was somewhat different. On stage in jeans, she seemed very much like "one of the people;" yet surrounded by her entourage, she seemed a part of another world. How do you know which Whoopi is real? How do you not feel a little betrayed by the fact that most of the answers she gave to the questions from the crowd at Sanders can be found in her book? You can't. Deal. It's not to say that Whoopi was fake--clearly she was not. She just knew...
...costumed in theheavily scented, rarefied air of the uptownapartments of the pretentious and over-educated,the novel, in keeping with the spirit of its(anti)hero, is at heart an ever-so-slightlydoddering, luscious, highly sexualized andself-satirical backwards glance at a ratherunremarkable life of letters. His absolutelysucculent, if somewhat condescending descriptionsof leggy, perpetually nude women aside, Updikeexcels in dialogue, cocktail party dialogue, rifewith the sarcastic, incisive mental commentary ofBech. Some of the most revealing scenes in Bechat Bay are to be found in his alwaysflirtatious interactions with women and hisusually acrimonious, acute observations on theposturing...
Part of the problem may be that Reardon, attempting to be original, has eschewed using the vengeful, violent Jean--who in her viciousness somewhat resembles the protagonist of Bastard, Ruth Anne Boatwright--as the narrator, instead picking her ineffectual brother Ray. This could have been an interesting switch in points of view, and the structure of the novel, as a series of flashbacks illuminating the present-day situation, could have worked...
Anwar: Shortly after being brought to the police cell, blindfolded and handcuffed, I was severely beaten on the head, neck and face, rendering me somewhat unconscious till morning. I gathered information later from police officers that the direct involvement of the police top brass cannot be excluded. Dr. Mahathir was monitoring developments by the minute...
...spinal cord to regenerate itself. Researchers have already started testing the technique on monkeys; early results have been positive. Soon, they expect to move on to humans. But Alexion CEO Dr. Leonard Bell sounded a note of caution: "The best-case scenario is that patients may expect to become somewhat more independent in their everyday living but maybe not entirely independent," he said. Realistic expectations in cell technology -- now, that's refreshing...