Word: faintly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kept from Prisoner Jean Amiel, himself despondent as he served his prison term. Eager to get away from Perpignan, Amiel wrote a letter to Dr. Albert Schweitzer at his African clinic, offering his services when he was released from jail. At week's end, there was a faint ray of hope for at least one of the grief-ridden families of Perpignan: Dr. Schweitzer replied that he would be glad to welcome Jean Amiel as an assistant...
Flawed and fragile early novels are often like youthful snapshots: a source of faint discomfort to the author, a delight to the doting fan, and a revealing glimpse into the past. Two such novels have now been issued in the U.S., one by Nancy Mitford, the British author (Love in a Cold Climate) who hates Americans, and the other by Christopher Isherwood, the British author (Prater Violet) who became one. The first is worth noting because of the surprisingly naive notions of its adult author, the second because it marks the jumping-off point in a talented young writer...
...kind of life that might develop on the surface of a small, central-heated star would not resemble earthly life. It would have to get along without light, except perhaps faint starlight, and it would have to cope with gravitation and probably atmospheric pressures enormously greater than are felt on earth. But there is no reason why life in such a place could not evolve into intelligent forms...
...answer: yes, der Alte would consider the presidency himself. Other deputies were stunned. Said Mrs. Helene Weber, an old Adenauer friend: "Nonsense. I think I'm going to faint." But when the meeting resumed, the 62 delegates unanimously nominated Adenauer, and then one by one walked up to shake his hand...
...Detroit sniffed the first faint signs of dissatisfaction: a ripple of interest in imported cars. At first Detroit wrote it off as reverse big-car snobbery and the desire to have something different. Where the snobs led, the mobs followed. When foreign imports rose from .8% of the market in 1955 to 8% last year, it became clear that more than snobbery was at work...