Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hoist than they are by some of our own writers. The fulness of the statistics in regard to various important topics is very satisfactory. We have observed but few errors; the author is not accurate in some of his statements about the legal-tender cases in the somewhat ill-judged note on p. 62, and it is a very misleading statement on p. 231 that 'Unquestionably Congress can as little impair the obligation of contracts as a State," No court could declare a law of Congress unconstitutional merely upon the ground that it impaired the obligation of a contract. There...
PRINCETON, June 2. The nine returned unexpectedly on Tuesday morning. The news heard early Monday evening of the only half expected victory, created such a disturbance that the Decoration Day exercises in the First Church, presided over by Governor Green, was somewhat annoyed. Fires, drums, and a general noise gave evidence of college feeling. There is a too well grounded feeling that the old cannon in the middle of the campus has seen far too few fires for victories of late years. Princeton seems to have started, and only started, back to a respectable showing in track athletics. The bottom...
...about the best that has been seen during the tournament. The "rallies" were long and called forth much applause. The set went to Lee, score, 6-4. After a few minute rest, play was resumed. Lee seemed to be tired in this set and although he rallied somewhat toward the last, lost the set and the match: score...
...seniors was done by Coolidge, Allen and Bisbee; Litchfield also made some pretty one-hand stops. For Ninety Young and McLeod did the best work in the field. Slade and Vila both played a steady game on first. Mr. Palmer, umpired very fairly, though both sides grumbled somewhat at his decisions which, however, is to be expected in all games. The score...
Yesterday afternoon Eighty-nine and Eighty-seven played their second game together, but the result was somewhat different from the first game, in which Eighty-seven had a pure walk-over, owing to the fact that Eighty-nine had no pitcher. Yesterday, however, Eighty-seven found it extremely difficult to hit McPherson for anything but slow grounders to the infield...