Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This dog had only been in this country for about two weeks and in addition to a new master he was surrounded by a mass of people all speaking a strange language, enough to make any dog somewhat touchy...
Some bowling enthusiasts are known to have nightmares wherein they roll small balls which can knock down only one pin at a time, and no sooner are successive single pins knocked down than they bounce up again. Somewhat similar nightmares are said to be troubling Japanese generals, who bowl over Chinese towns one by one, only to have the Chinese seep in behind their advance and set them up again. Last week Japanese announced they had captured coastal Haichow (pronounced Hi, Joe) and Lungkow (Loong-Go), last Chinese-held ports north of Shanghai, and two inland Shantung towns...
...wage earners to disclose their wages to their wives?" The other eight women M.P.s sat up in their seats, the 341 men* took a deep breath as Neville Chamberlain, whose good spouse knows very well that his quarterly Government pay check is $12,500, rose to answer. Said he, somewhat more crisply than usual: "He will...
SOME DAY I'LL KILL You-Dana Chambers-Dial ($2). Murder and mayhem in the Connecticut countryside. Fast and witty, despite the somewhat Flash Gordon plot...
Such discussion groups should be arranged in a systematic way and on a larger scale. Natural student inertia must be overcome, and consequently it might be well, while preserving the substance of the "symposia," to mold them into a somewhat different form. Instead of waiting for occasional student inspirations, each House master in turn should be empowered to name a chairman, preferably a faculty man, at regular intervals. Participating students would then be chosen, not solely from one House, but from all seven--and from the dormitories as well. Without losing the informality which now so largely contributes...