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"It's a nice inside message to the days when Albany was fully functional, if barely legal".

He was giddy and gregarious, as if barely believing the scene.

AGES 3-6 -- They could be frightened in places, if barely so.

Speaking of bragging rights: Yankees 0-2, Mets 2-0 (if barely).

In Spain, critics pointed to dark, if barely -disguised, political motives.

My cries of joy could be heard, if barely, over the squealing front tires.

As he gets rolling, Bonnell twists around in his seat, as if barely able to contain his energy.

This was the uncomfortable if barely conscious thought, I suspect, that made us turn our backs on him.

Those with disdain for the jurors have tended to oppose the Obama administration's expressed, if barely realized, desire to try terrorism suspects in civilian courts.

As we watch this attractive, self-possessed teenager, often seen wearing low-cut dresses and surrounded by significantly older men, sex is an insistent if barely acknowledged undertow.

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After all, they were all whores who were doing what was popular, and depending on politics to win, while she was an artiste doing what was right, and receiving her just-if-barely-adequate reward.

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