Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bettors liked Bangaway, an imposing bay trotter who had won most of his races this year, including four stakes. His backers were somewhat worried by the fact that in the field of 18, Bangaway and his rubber-tired sulky had been put in the 18th post position for the first heat-which meant outside in the second tier of starters. There is a sharp turn on the triangular track soon after the start, and it seemed possible that Bangaway might lose ground there or get in a tangle. Nevertheless, the mutuel patrons sent him off an 8-to-5 favorite...
...stories mellow, was master of ceremonies. Republicans and Democrats got up to tell what a fine fellow easygoing Sam Rayburn is, which came easy, for most of them think he is. Sixty-four-year-old Frank Boykin, a steam-engine of a man with a 50-inch chest, was somewhat awed by what he had wrought. "Here we have the representatives of all the good people of the world," said he. "I have counted up, and over a billion people, half the people of the earth are represented here tonight to pay honor to one of the greatest...
...Little Thing Here ..." Off the diamond, Luke likes flashy ties and clothes (last week he appeared in a green gabardine number), fat black cigars and dry Martinis. Balding and somewhat spavined but not fat, he has a wife and three children, an eleven-acre place in Georgia where he keeps in shape during the offseason and where he expects to "relax" when his baseball days are over, whenever that...
...very idea of displaying the sport of kings under lights; trainers, who like to work their charges in the cool of early morning, hate any thought of changing their customs; and jockeys dislike the idea of joining the nightworker class. But a few horse-park operators have been dreaming, somewhat wistfully, of the potentially big turnouts they might draw after dark...
...every kind of territory where noxious insects breed. When properly done, say Authors Hoffmann & Linduska, the results have usually been good. As little as one-tenth of a pound of DDT per acre is effective against some mosquitoes. Many serious forest pests, such as gypsy moths, are controlled by somewhat larger doses. Other insects are killed at the same time, but in most cases the insect population of the forest returns to normal a few weeks after the spraying...