Word: somewhat
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Nesson accedes soon after, and the recording ends, but it’s less certain that the incident, and those that preceded it, will be so quickly closed. At the very least, Nesson’s somewhat loose take on procedural rules has raised questions about how well the professor’s academic penchant for idealism has weathered the transition from the classroom to the more rules-based climate of civil litigation, and—more particularly—whether his fascination with openness is coming at the expense of Tenenbaum, his client. “Number one rule...
...their peers, and they very much wish to exercise this right,” said Nesson, according to Stroup’s account. And with that, Stroup notes, “the pending dismissal was avoided, based on the objection of the defendants, not the prosecution. That must be somewhat unique in the annals of Massachusetts judicial history...
...waited to accept the offer in part because of family considerations. His decision to leave Princeton to join the Harvard economics department highlights the rivalry between the two departments—two of the best in the nation. “Obviously this is going to tilt the scale somewhat,” said economics Professor Elhanan Helpman, who also specializes in international trade. “They took him from us, so we are entitled to take him from them,” he said. —Staff writer Noah S. Rayman can be reached at nrayman@fas.harvard.edu...
...could argue that the true hypocrisy is what came before, at that very political pageant, the Republican National Convention, in which the Palin family, including alleged fiancé Levi Johnston, was presented as a somewhat sprawling Norman Rockwell portrait. There the messaging was simple: our daughter is pregnant; she chose not to abort the baby; she will be marrying the father and finishing school, and we will all live happily ever after...
...Administration worries that stringent conditions demanded by the House (the Senate is somewhat more accommodating) will be interpreted in Pakistan as a sign that the U.S. is pulling away from its old ally, and could weaken the government. But lawmakers seemed unimpressed by Holbrooke's appeals. Committee chairman Democrat Howard Berman of California said the House is "simply asking the Pakistanis to keep the commitments they have already made to fight the terrorists who threaten our national security and theirs, and that they make some progress doing so, with progress defined very broadly." If that is unreasonable, Berman asked, "then...