Word: somewhat
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...school committee finds itself in somewhat of an unusual position: While formulating district policy is normally their job, this week they will vote on a policy developed instead by a school principal...
...represents something of a leap forward for Campion from the strained improbabilities of The Piano, the choked feminism of Portrait of a Lady. There's a looseness about Holy Smoke! that's not quite improvisatory but not entirely locked down either. This spirit freshens the film and gives it somewhat the quality of being surprised at its own journey...
...same tracks, but with somewhat different foci. What minority students want to know when all is said and done is what it's like to be a minority student at a majority institution," Banks says. "Lots of students and their families have a full appreciation for the institution and the quality it represents, but they want to know whether, on a daily basis, this is a worthwhile experience for minority students...
...goes the dainty violence, nonetheless, for reasons that are somewhat understandable and forgivable, somewhat not. Writers tend to live in dank, airless cells of self-recrimination. Nothing is ever as good as it should be, and sometimes it is plain awful. Realizing what they have done, they hate themselves, frequently showing excellent judgment, and commit murder instead of suicide...
...season "was an enormous success," says Allen Weiner, vice president of analytical services at NetRatings, an e-commerce tracking firm. Jill Frankle, director of retail research at Gomez Advisors, agreed. An online poll her firm conducted the week after Christmas that showed 86.2% of online shoppers were at least somewhat satisfied with their experience; 46.5% were very satisfied, 25.7% were satisfied, 14% only somewhat so. Less than 2% of the 1,000 survey respondents said they would never shop online again...