Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From time to time tentative attempts toward reconciliation with the Establishment were made. Abuses by the secular authority having virtually ceased, and the leaders of the United Free Church having grown somewhat less stiff and proud, negotiations were resumed in earnest...
...again in the field, this time under the direction of Dr. R. H. Pfeiffer, of the Semitic Department. We had hoped to work this year on a larger scale, but, owing to the necessity of purchasing additional equipment and paying more for salaries, the resources available for labor are somewhat less than those of a year...
...other wise. Strong, generous learned, and liberal as Alma Mater unquestionably is her greatest glory lies in the faultless folds of her classic garments; and the chief care of the Freshman should be to preserve the spotless reputation for spotless raiment that has so long distinguished her from somewhat dishevelled sisters...
...issue, let me state that I never have been, and am not now, an admirer of the Eighteenth Amendment. Prohibition is a live topic of the day and is fair subject for ridicule, as are all such matters. Some may feel that, as an inspiration of wit it is somewhat worn, but, after all, an Ivy Orator has a hard time, so we will not question his seeking humor in prohibition...
...those who enjoy the precocious if somewhat naive prattle of wide awake found ladies with a "career" on the stage awaiting them "Angel Child" by Grace Perkins is just the thing it is so to speak the diary of a girl of thirteen who travels the circuit with her mother and plays juvenile parts mean while keeping an open eye upon the rest of the company life in general and a place in the moving pictures in particular...