Word: somewhat
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...Henson Company, which produces the now famous Muppets, was just acquired by a German firm, along with the rights to use all of the Muppet characters. At first thought it seems somewhat strange that the wild fuzzy creatures of our childhood that were so quintessentially American should be owned by a foreign company. But on reflection it is part of a very worthwhile trend that can help diffuse a valuable American cultural innovation and adapt it to many other parts of the world...
...setting? A hotel room high within the warm confines of the Ritz Carlton. Outside, the snow-covered streets and gloomy sky create a somewhat fitting backdrop for an interview with the director of Reindeer Games, whose newest film is the latest product of a long and distinguished career. The creative mind behind films such as Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz,and Ronin is using the flowers as an example of props on a movie set making a statement. He has a few statements of his own to make, as Crimson Arts catches up with the legendary director...
...Exactly how ihappeninii is the Foz? Besides being a member of the Owl, the Foz is also somewhat of a player. When FM confronted him about whether or not he had ever hooked up with a girl who only knew him as iThe Foz,i he skirts the issue: iI canit recall, but I was probably pretty drunk.i And if the intention of calling oneself iThe Fozi is to attract the attention of women, this man knows his stuff. iOne day at the dining hall,i The Foz explains, ione of my roommates called me Foz, and two girls came...
...conventional wisdom is that Harvard is a 'black letter' law school where they teach you what the law is and how best to interpret and apply the law," he adds. "At Yale the institutional emphasis is somewhat more on why the law is the way it is, and how it can be improved. In essence the focus is perhaps more philosophical at Yale...
...Yale's teaching is probably somewhat less oriented to legal doctrine than Harvard's; but the differences are not large," says Gordon. "Maybe YLS has a few more courses whose relationship to traditional legal subjects is oblique: courses with titles like 'Justice' or 'Capitalism'. It's often said that Yale students don't learn as much 'law' but that's only true if you define law narrowly as legal doctrine...