Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were somewhat amazed that you were able to pack so much scientific material in such a little space [account of Continental Oil Co.'s world's deepest well, TIME, July...
...products of individual stellar explosions which occur all the time in some region or other of the universe. Hannes Alfven of Sweden's Upsala University holds that the rays are free-moving particles in space accelerated to cosmic ray energies by the magnetic fields of spinning double stars - somewhat as the man-made machine called the cyclotron speeds up atom-smashing particles to high velocities by means of repeated electrical pushes...
...make ready to go to Belgium, his next step toward Ambassadorial eminence. But their presence was completely eclipsed by the arrival four days earlier of another Ambassador named Joseph. Home from his complete capture of London was "Joe" Kennedy with flashing smiles for the press, a "long and somewhat cheerless" report to the President about conditions abroad, emphatic denials of any mission more secret than attending Joe Jr.'s class day exercises at Harvard...
...strong combination crew; somewhat rearranged a while ago when Jack Wilson replaced Barr Comstock at Stroke, has shaped up quickly and has a better-than-even chance of overpowering the Elis...
Last week Wall Street was still chuckling over an incident which somewhat supports criticism of the setup: Fitch's rated the recent $100,000,000 issue of U. S. Steel debentures as AAA (highest), Standard as A1 (second rank), Poor's and Moody's as A (third rank). Last week, too, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau revealed that the group which has been devising a uniform bank examination was also brewing substantial modifications of bond ratings and eligibility...