Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...having their petition heard before two important committees of the legislature. There remains to insure the practical progress of this great improvement the engineering plans and estimates which can be secured only by a special commission appointed for the purpose. Some people, however, may have the impression that a somewhat similar investigation was made in certain hearings held before the Harbor and Land Commission in 1894, but since the present project is so radically different from the one then considered, and since so many and important changes have taken place in the conditions which bear on the practicability of this...
...worst faults of the Newell 1902 crew are slowness in applying power at the catch and a weak finish. The blade work is somewhat ragged...
Frantz plays a very fancy game and is somewhat inclined to be careless. His hitting is not very strong...
Clarkson, though strong in speed, curves and form, is not as steady as he should be. His control is somewhat uncertain, and he is apt to be somewhat hurried in his delivery...
...committee feel positive that it is unsafe to calculate on a basis of annual expense of less than $30,000. The following detailed estimate adds up to a somewhat greater amount: ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES. Water, $700.00 Coal (400 tons), 1,800.00 Operating Expense, of Electric Light Plant, 2,600.00 Wages of Engineer and Firemen, 2,600.00 Insurance, 600.00 Wages of Treasurer, Clerks and Bookkeeper, Doormen and Bellboys, Janitor, etc., 12,000.00 (The expenses of this item at the Houston Club, where we can be reasonably sure all due economy is practiced, are almost $8,000.00. The Harvard Union must be more...