Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fact that the projected Crimson Key seems somewhat overburdened with committees and sub-committees does not invalidate its basic merit. The functions it intends to serve have long been sadly neglected, and if the Key performs its job well, it will have been worth the efforts of organization. It seems debatable, too, whether the Crimson Key Society will ever attain the position of prestige and honor that its proponents have outlined, and which similar societies hold in other colleges. Nevertheless, it is an experiment worth trying...
Twenty dollars must accompany an application for admission to the Law School, and Erwin N. Griswold, conscientious Dean, will accept no more. He yesterday returned the $1,000,020 admission check at the right to the National Bank of New Jersey as being somewhat too large...
...Tracy plows doggedly ahead. His scenes with a kitten--cats make him sneeze--are about the only ones that really click. The kitten, however, is too often gerrymandered out of the spotlight in favor of the heroine, who suffers by comparison. And placed side by side with Lewis's somewhat shallow novel, so does the picture...
...second in the 165-pound class, reached the semi-finals where he met Paschal Perri of Syracuse, who beat him four years ago when both were in high school. Perri turned the trick again via a 10 to 3 decision and then went on to win the individual championship. Somewhat hampered by an injured shoulder, Louria lost to Pack Howard of Yale, 6 to 2, to drop into fourth place...
...three forward lines outdid themselves in speed and effectiveness, giving back more than they took from the somewhat over-physical Elis. Play was rugged all the way, with 15 penalties dished out by the scrupulous referee...