In Exxon's view, governments will chose to raise the cost of fossil fuels to encourage alternatives somewhat, but stop well short of enacting policies that will sharply curtail consumption, especially in developing countries, because populations would resist and social upheaval would result.
So if you're sitting across from your partner right now and feeling somewhat "meh," stop lamenting your lot in life and start talking.
Somewhat agoraphobic, Bourgeois stopped going to her own openings.
My son protested so much (he actually threw a fit before my very eyes, even though he himself was scared watching the news), that I stopped, somewhat bewildered.
"Mitz," Donna said when she saw her, and Mitz stopped, blinking, somewhat surprised that Donna's memory of her features hadn't evaporated between the pool and here.
The administration has pushed China to let its currency rise in value, which it has done somewhat recently, but has stopped short of labeling it a manipulator.
The lines have improved somewhat since federal agents stopped searching every trunk and hood, and pedestrians have gone back to their automobiles.
The Congressional Budget Office and other objective analysts project that costs will level off in the years ahead, now that incomes have begun to rise, the rental market has cooled somewhat and Congress has stopped expanding the program.
At Web 2.0 this week, Brin was asked about the memo, to which he somewhat jokingly replied, "I stopped reading it after the first 1,000 pages or so".
"When he volunteered himself for the studies, that was alleviated somewhat, but he never stopped missing the people he lost.
