Argentina played pretty well in the first half, staying (somewhat) close with some crafty passing and outside shooting.

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One question on the budget, pivoting off of some comments the President just had in Landover, sounding somewhat optimistic about being close to a deal, at least on the number to be cut, but the details to be worked out.

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If you don't mind tugging, you can definitely keep it close, but we were expecting a somewhat more elegant solution for having the canister trail the brush bar.

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Somewhat out-gunned now, the Lancer is still close enough to the pace, and Makinen still good enough, to benefit if the leading runners slip up.

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"The court has stated that a 'somewhat substantial' but unspecified concern about 'safety' supports its decisions to close the proceedings to all members of the press and the public, " according to one court filing.

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People close to Kazmierczak said he was taking medication but had recently stopped, "and he had become somewhat erratic in the last couple of weeks, " Grady said.

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Somewhat in the manner of a therapist directing his patient towards a profound inner truth, Leo Johnson asked us to close our eyes and recall a time and a place when we we'd been "totally in the groove, really happy".

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