Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Blacks make the false assumption that, because the new black politicians have somewhat dark skin, they in fact share the same goals and do not need to say so. When pressed a year after the aforementioned debate, Obama admitted he was against reparations for slavery. He can support giving $700 billion to corporate crooks and incompetents, but he cannot support reparations for slavery. Obviously, he knew he would still get 99 percent of the black vote...
What are the keys to a successful liquidation? Start with the signs. At the Circuit City near Manhattan's Lincoln Center, Fried, fresh off a nine-week job running clearance for a Mervyn's store in California, has plastered the storefront window with seven somewhat garish red and yellow posters: Store Closing Sale! Nothing Held Back! Entire Store on Sale! Inside, the discount stickers (30% off for furniture, mobile phone accessories, and cables, 20% off CDs and DVDs, 10% off everything else) and sale rules (no returns, no checks) are ubiquitous. "If we look obnoxious, we're doing our jobs...
...show was the varying responses elicited by each of Aurélia’s feats. One particularly stunning trick inspired both the collective gasp of the audience and the persistent guffawing of solitary man. As the show deserved, though, the audience response was overwhelmingly positive, if somewhat difficult to verbalize. I found the reaction of the woman sitting in front of me to be appropriately vague in its enthusiasm: “That was...awesome...
...know the rest of that story. Citi is now on life support, owing its continued survival to $45 billion--so far--in federal aid. Its beleaguered top-management team is trying to undo most of the 1998 merger with Travelers. And the new Obama Administration is faced with the somewhat conflicting priorities of trying to avert a depression, nurse Citi and other banks back to health and prevent a repeat of the excesses that led to today's troubles--all while taking care that the U.S. government doesn't dig its own financial grave in the process...
...were surprised that the data from existing studies show that while sexual predation on minors by adults remains a serious concern, cases typically involve post-pubescent minors who were aware they were meeting an adult male for purposes of sexual activity,” Sacco wrote. “Somewhat different than the more common image of an older male deceiving and preying on young child...