Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...professor, who spoke before the American Veterans Committee in Littauer Auditorium, added that he will be "somewhat surprised" if the Court upholds Judge Harold R. Medina's charge to the Communist trial jury...
Scar repents his way straight to the electric chair. Later, he repents some more by coming from another world (not clear whether heaven or hell) with 14 subordinate mobsters to protect Lu, who is now an Army nurse on the battlefield. Somewhat taken aback by this rash of miracles, Red O'Shea admits
...lines and the acting are what raises the picture above the level of all this tripe. Except for two or three lapses into straight slapstick and a somewhat corny climax, the dialogue is consistently sharp, unexpected, and often brilliant. Michael Wilding, as lord and footman, gets just the right blend of cynicism and playfulness, though his eyes do twinkle a bit too much on occasion, Anna Neagle is pleasantly attractive and eager in the female lead, and she also demonstrates that infuriating twinkle. Joshua, portrayed by Tom Walls is a marvelous English-gentleman type, both in word and deed...
...They have called us names rais, grafters, politicians in their literature," he said. "If there is one thing I want to make clear, it is that I am not, nor ever was a politician," he continued. This defense brought applause, muffled somewhat by the cigar smoke...
Though "The Father" is a modern drama regardless of its age, (it was first produced in 1887), certain elements in the dialogue date it somewhat. One of these is Strindberg's preoccupation with scientific discoveries, particularly new theories in eugenics and pre-Freudian psychology, and he makes his characters use these as motivations for their actions. However, where O'Neill's characters are products of the laboratory and only clinically interesting, Strindberg's are stimulating to both the emotions and the intellect...