Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some 65,000 men were idle, but neither strikers nor shipowners would give an inch. So discouraged was Mediator Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, that he bought a ticket for Washington canceled it only on orders from Madam Secretary Perkins. At week's end he felt somewhat better as both sides agreed to resume parleys, the strikers agreed to unload perishable goods...
...Somewhat surprisingly, therefore, London's New Zionist Organization, far from expressing gratitude to General Dill and the British Government in Palestine, last week launched the severest criticism of both...
Hours into Dollars. The 90?-per-hour wage of Plymouth's Big Tony Grzebyk is a little better than average for the industry (80?) His earnings for 1936, with special bonuses, will foot up to more than $1,800, which is somewhat better than average for steady automobile workers (about $1,500 this year). In 1931 Big Tony got ten days work in the spring, was laid off until June, then worked for the rest of the year, a total of some 31 weeks. The next year he was sick for two months and his work was even more...
Last winter the work on the door was uncovered by restorers from the Fogg, somewhat in the manner of a repainted old masterpieces, and now resumes its former importance. The paintings cover the two middle panels, both done in dark colors, much in the manner of a gloomy mid-Victorian picture. The top panel shows a bird, akin to a seagull, in the process of swallowing a fish, while the bottom one depicts a turtle resting on a half-submerged...
...Alumni Placement Office is frequently asked by local employers to submit Senior applicants for jobs. Here the competition is somewhat less, and because the interview takes place in the company offices the role of aggressor is somewhat easier to play, and is often attended with better success...