Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present prevalent sentiment, and that opprobrium is heaped upon one who does testify, however right he and his friends may consider his case to be, has been recently illustrated by the very events which indirectly led to the complication of a court trial, and the student whose testimony figured somewhat in the late trial was exempt from criticism by those who are usually disposed to shield wrong doing at all hazards, only because of his uniformly courteous bearing towards his fellow students, the high respect which his general course in college has gained for him, and because his testimony...
...admirable. Mr. Berenson in a lengthy paper on "Was Mohammed at all an impostor?" tells in his best vein the story of the great heresiarch. We question the clearness of Mr. Berenson's answer, but acknowledge the peacefulness of his pen in matters ethical. The paper is strong though somewhat involved...
...final sentence, excommunicated the recalcitrant masters. Then they strengthened their union more and more. When the masters who were excommunicated appealed to Rome, the Pope recognized these unions as corporations and thus practically gave the teachers the upper hand. These corporations became faculties in the thirteenth century in somewhat the following way: Comparatively little specialized teaching existed at Paris towards the end of the twelfth century, and most of the Masters in Arts only taught the "trivial arts," as Grammar, Rhetoric and Dialectics, While the Quadruvian was reserved for higher art students. Thus the teachers of arts would have their...
...bright but somewhat cool. Before the game was finished the 500 spectators were beginning to think longingly of their open fire-places, and some were bewailing their foolishness in leaving their overcoats in their rooms. Of these 500 spectators, about 350 watched the proceedings from the other side of the fence. It is a question whether it is advisable to charge fifty cents admission to the earlier and comparatively less important games...
...colleges will be as unsatisfactory as ever. Nothing has been done to prevent any tyro from entering the pitcher's box and depending upon mere speed for effectiveness. Last year the Yale, Harvard and Princeton pitchers averaged over 10 strike-outs to a game. The average may be somewhat less this year, but will be doubtless disproportionate to the batting and fielding, and college out-fielders will have as little to do as ever...