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Word: somewhat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Post-game football riots over the goal-posts got their first start in those early days. They were somewhat more extensive in the early 1900's than now since local police have finally wised up and now place cordons of blucoats around the posts. There once was the time when you rolled up your sleeves in the final period if your team was losing and eyed the opposite stands eagerly. You can't see the other side now--fifty cops...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Gridiron Traditions Wax and Wane But Liquor Runs as Steady Favorite | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

Herman Hickman brought with him from Army the T formation, and found the T formation already entrenched at Yale. The differences between the Odell T and the Hickman version are slight, yet somewhat significant...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Herman Hickman: Big Bright Bulldog | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

Students have already been heard. They have told alumni officials that the inscription would be a useless, empty, somewhat cold kind of memorial. The vast majority of the College wants a utilitarian memorial, preferably a Student Activities Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memorial Verdict | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...mediocre workout was somewhat offset by news from the medical room, where Dr. Thomas B. Quigley announced that Captain Ken O'Donnell might be able to play against Yale Saturday for more than the one play needed to win a letter. No explanation was offered for the miraculous recovery of O'Donnell, who allegedly broke his leg against Princeton less than two weeks...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Varsity Polishes Eli Offense, Defense in Contact Session | 11/17/1948 | See Source »

Leighton was not sure whether the disciplinary problem would descend to the College level. He admitted that if it does he will be "somewhat non-plussed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elopers Return with Parents | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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