Word: nigh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...When the college-owned dorms were not sufficient, the building of privately owned apartments was almost encouraged through necessity," Dean Briggs explained the problem, "and now it is well-nigh impossible to throttle these private dormitories...
...Second Part of Henry IV" is a play which acts a good deal better than it reads. Since the Brattle Theatre's present production is the first performance by an American professional company, the play's inherent actability is well-nigh a revelation--at least for American theatre goers. What is not a revelation is that the Brattle troupe is superbly suited for the rich and often slapstick humor of "Henry...
...large Department of Commerce auditorium in Washington. The busy lawyers and technical experts often outnumbered the spectators-usually a few leg-weary tourists. The testimony of engineers, executives and experts fills 40 volumes and 11,178 pages covering everything from RCA's patent position (which is well-nigh impregnable) to the precise emphasis Frank Stanton placed on "love" when he said he loved compatibility...
...maid sank a well-nigh impossible cross-side shot...
THIS capital teems with testaments to the tragic miscalculations and near-fatal results of U.S. policy toward the Chinese Nationalists and Formosa. The visible, jarring fact is that the U.S. has created a situation which now makes it well-nigh impossible to sustain any effective position whatever on and toward Formosa. If the miscalculations of the State Department are retrieved, it will be only because Formosa's Nationalists, in their extremity, are able and willing to make retrieval possible...