Word: somewhat
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...rising-sales tide isn't lifting all boats. Sales of smaller yachts are somewhat adrift. For instance, demand for Sunseeker's $550,000, 44-ft. (13 m) Superhawk 43 is languishing. "The top end is pulling the industry along," says Ed Slack, editor of International Boat Industry...
...lzer's own route to the ringmaster's role tonight is somewhat surprising. Born nearby, the son of solid farming stock, he was always more interested in fashion than in fertilizer. "I can't explain this. There was no one in my family like this. I have checked back several generations," he says. Sälzer's résumé includes four years with hair-care giant Schwarzkopf. "Hair care is very close to fashion," says Sälzer, the father of four sons. "For women, it is the only thing you can change. I would not say I was fashionable...
...Americans were hurt. They were angry. They wanted payback. It wasn't so much the reporters' fault. I think it was the editors who determined that their audience wanted to hear a certain kind of story. So I think they were somewhat tone-deaf to the truth early...
...keep taking good shots, just keep doing the things we’re doing, and we just need to shoot a little smarter, a little better, and hopefully it’ll fall’ and that’s what they did.”In a somewhat physical game, the Crimson killed both extra-man opportunities for the Stags and went 1-for-3 in its own man-up situations.“I thought a year ago maybe we weren’t as physical as we wanted to be,” Tillman said...
...That embarrassment has since been softened somewhat by the drop in violence that began in mid-2007, although violence levels have begun rising again in recent months. But, while McCain's strong support for the surge has set him apart from his potential Democratic opponents and even from many Republicans, the perception in the U.S. that McCain offers a significantly different approach to Iraq than can be expected from his rivals is not shared by many Iraqis. They see more similarities than differences among U.S. politicians, and are not expecting much to change...