Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bench of revered professors was forced to judge a trying case. But it performed its task well, and its decision should turn to a newer and somewhat brighter page for Harvard's young men. If its liberalism was at one point restrained, it must nevertheless be lauded for the comparatively happy mastery of a terrible ogre...
...this year Dae, the livest radio character in France, is starting a variation of the treasure-hunt idea, in which he drops token coins in hiding places around Paris, directs listeners to them somewhat as Uncle Don tells U. S. youngsters where the family has hidden their birthday presents...
...drum. The light beam is split. One part is conducted over a long course (185 yd.), the other over a short course (about 2 yd.). Both are reflected back to a photoelectric cell. On the beam which has been over the long course the brightness peaks (nicks) lag somewhat behind those on the other. From the amount of this lag the length of one section is calculated...
...report said that the investigating committee was "in the somewhat unique position of being in substantial agreement" with both sides, but declared that the "sense of unity" and "training in the democratic process" which it gives swung the balance in favor of the election's retention...
...seven installments accented Brill foibles, heightened the picturesqueness of the story, diluted its satire, toned down the dialogue ("so damn screwy" to "so queer"), cut out Narrator Calder's cynical reflections on love ("all lovers are consummate bores"), on writing popular fiction for the big magazines ("a somewhat ghastly parody on life"), blotted out one character (the narrator's mistress) entirely. All told, Literary Agent Carl Brandt cut about 90,000 words from Wickford Point, before submitting it to the Post...