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Word: somewhat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only that, but he intends to earn the degree in only one year. Entrance exams bore him; these he dismisses with a high-honors shrug. Freshman hazing presents somewhat more of a problem, and Mr. Belvedere faithfully wears his '52 beanie until he emancipates his class by pole-vaulting 14 feet to win the "Soph-Fresh" track meet. In order to earn money, he indulges in a more sophisticated baby sitting, working as a "hasher" in a sorority and civilizing its unmannered members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/5/1949 | See Source »

...vaulting has been somewhat weak all season. Snow and Gelck have upheld Crimson honors in this department, and Sam Paschal came through with a jump of 11 feet in the Exeter meet, and promise of better things...

Author: By Arne L. Schoeller, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

This afternoon the varsity will have a somewhat easier time when it plays Wesleyan at 3:45 p.m. at Soldiers Field. But Wesleyan boasts number one man Henri Salaun who also gave the squash team a hard time last winter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: North Carolina Shuts Out Tennis Team, 9-0, Indoors | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

...brilliant, hard hitting game of Seixas somewhat obscures Carolina's number two man, Taylor. But Taylor has won 36 straight sets without a loss in his first three collegiate matches this season...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Tennis Team Plays Strong Tarheels | 5/3/1949 | See Source »

Flamingo Road (Warner) sends Joan Crawford traveling, somewhat wearily, down the well-beaten Hollywood trail of rags-to-riches. This time the trail begins in a small town when Joan ditches her job with a broken-down carnival and meets up romantically with Deputy Sheriff Zachary Scott. Next she gets a respectable job as a local waitress. Before she ends up in the town's biggest mansion, as the wife of the state's biggest politico (David Brian), she has to take a series of plot hurdles and heartbreaks. Biggest hurdle of all is Scott's vicious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 2, 1949 | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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