Word: somewhat
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...Kong's luxury-property market could suddenly cool if Beijing decides to tighten credit. Su Ning, vice governor of the mainland's central bank, said last week that China would continue its "appropriately loose" monetary policy at least into next year, but regulators have already started to clamp down somewhat. In August, total lending by Chinese banks dropped to a third of June's levels...
...that it put climate change back in the headlines, at least for a day. Between the recession, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the problems with Iran - even the fact that it hasn't been a dramatically warm year for much of the world - climate change had dropped somewhat on the international agenda. That will always be a risk for this most long-term of challenges, where the penalties and payoffs of policy changes will unfold over decades. "The true test of leadership is to take the long view," Ban said...
...their daughter’s death. Watching Burke help the struggling Walter (John Carroll Lynch), a contractor whose young son died at his construction site, is particularly moving because of the fine balance Walter strikes between tough-guy pig-headedness and desperate vulnerability. Given the subject matter, it is somewhat surprising that the movie shows a knack for perfectly timed humor. Some of Eckhart’s best scenes involve him stealing his old pet parrot from his in-laws and then imitating the movements of the bird in order to inspire it to fly away free. In another scene...
...world’s best known icons. The album hearkens back to Furtado’s pop roots while simultaneously pushing her in an adventurous new direction. “Mi Plan” is a mixture of upbeat pop and some softer acoustic songs which make a somewhat odd, yet surprisingly workable mix. Guest artists—including Latin icons Alejandro Fernandez, Alex Cuba, Julieta Venegas, La Mala Rodriguez, as well as American singer Josh Groban—bring a refreshing variety to the songs they share with Furtado. Alejandro Fernandez, in the song “Sue?...
...Although the market rate units will be somewhat separated from the subsidized residences, Fainstein says that the general level of integration included in the plan is probably sufficient. “Really mixing” the different types of residences, she says, may pose a marketing challenge for the more expensive units...