Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Potter characterized The Crimson as a somewhat intimidating environment while these changes took place. She described it as a “scary place” in which all the “big boys” wore suits and ties...
...Diamond’s freshman year roommate Alfred M. Derrow ’58 recalled feeling “overwhelmed and somewhat intimidated” when he first met Diamond. He described the young Diamond as being a brilliant student who listened to classical music and got up before class to go bird watching...
...film directed by Clint? (No surnames needed.) Then they will be there, if only to spark a new tabloid nickname: Clangelina. (And Brad came too.) Actually, Eastwood's movie, Changeling, is an honorable, fact-based drama about police corruption and child abuse in 1920s Los Angeles, with Jolie somewhat miscast as an ordinary single mom whose son is kidnapped, then found, only for her to discover that another boy claiming to be the son has returned in his place. Eastwood has brought five films to Cannes in the past quarter of a century, and for the fifth time his movie...
...Warren seems intent on tamping down expectations of speedy results from his ambitious project - a desire that runs somewhat counter to his inborn salesman's instinct. "This plan could take 50 years, so it might not be completed in my lifetime," he said at one point. "That's why I call the next generation the reformation generation...
...Somewhat surprisingly, Canada has been reluctant to acknowledge its newly minted status as an energy power broker. "We need to start acting like an OPEC-level player with an ability to change the world economy," says Ross Jacobs of Fort McMurray, a Liberal who was recently defeated in a bid to represent his district in Alberta's provincial legislature. "Canadians need to start thinking globally...