Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even the President's message to the special session was indicative of the new attitude of the Administration. Characterized by a Washington correspondent as "the mildest message of his career," the document breathed a conciliatory spirit, and went to the unprecedented length of proposing tax revision,--albeit somewhat vaguely,--and again mentioned budget-balancing. Only once did the President stoop to demagoguery, when in referring to his old whipping post, the Supreme Court, he expressed the hope that the Court will not "again deny to farmers the protection which it now accords to others...
...story is based on the somewhat dubious theme that a child of nature should not be forced to endure the strict letter of the white man's law, but before the film is half an hour old, one hates the stupidity of colonial government and everything about it. There is an express- ive and all inclusive word which fits the characters presented by Messrs. Raymond Massey and John Carradine to a T. Mr. Massey feels it incumbent upon him to dog the innocent tracks of Jon Hall, native swimmer, sailor, lover, and physical specimen extraordinary, Mr. Carradine taking a sadistic...
...particularly plentiful and annoying this season. The species is rare in these parts, there being no record of their growth here since the Yale game of 1931, except in a few isolated instances. They are individually known as barnacles-on-society, and commonly referred to as "scalpers," but somewhat longer terms have sometimes been applied to them by rougher company. They are no relation to the Indians who roamed the plains of yore, although their methods have some points of similarity. However, these do not wahoo; they whisper...
...people under its influence, of causing poverty, insanity and bodily disability. The juries could, if they wished, make use of "canned" verdicts written by Dr. Russell and condemning alcohol to death in rather elaborate language. The 20 Philadelphia juries, however, simply judged Alcohol guilty in their own brief words. Somewhat to Dr. Russell's surprise-it had never happened before on the trial's tour-a jury of high school students recommended leniency for liquor...
Mogul emperors four centuries ago in India hung wetted grass mats over the doors and windows on the windward side of their palaces. A slight breeze might then cool their throne rooms as much as 20°. In 1901, somewhat the same idea occurred to a young Buffalo engineer named Willis Carrier, now the 60-year-old chairman of Carrier Corp., only major U. S. company devoting itself exclusively to air conditioning. The rather obvious idea of the Mogul emperors has grown into an industry that is sometimes compared to aviation in its infancy, highly technological and full of financial...