Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Games involving money amuse some people. A new money game current last fortnight was played by many people somewhat as follows...
Caribou and reindeer are extremely insistent on having the right climate; the caribou will compromise somewhat on food, but the reindeer goes on a hunger strike unless it is fed reindeer moss, a delicacy difficult to obtain, and impossible to import...
...Wallace Atterbury of the Pennsylvania paid Mr. Loree the $63,000.000 and received Mr. Loree's controlling stock of the Wabash and his almost-half interest in the Lehigh Valley. Mr. Loree was satisfied and the four systems finally could organize themselves, parceling out the lesser Eastern railroads somewhat after this order...
...ancient tenancy. Near to the almost perfectly preserved little chapel which Rector Gough discovered last week are the remnants of a Norman Church, built at a much later date and destroyed during the last century. In its foundations there is a tomb upon which travelers may read this somewhat anxious epitaph: "John of Candover lies here. May the good and gracious God have mercy...
Brilliantly translated by Herman Bernstein and brilliantly acted by three members of the cast-Harold Johnsrud, Jules Artfeld and Antoinette Crawford-the icy despair of The Waltz of the Dogs is indeed produced according to the author's recipe. Its somewhat antiquated use of soliloquy and its droning tragedy, unencumbered by contemporary fashions in plot construction, make it a sour entertainment for play-goers drilled in a less difficult tradition. Its sadness is serious and harsh and not the relaxative kind old women...