Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Such a radical criticism and proposal as this is may seem somewhat presumptuous on the part of an undergraduate. But as one who has become increasingly dissatisfied with Harvard teaching methods, I have felt obliged to put my thoughts down on paper. Much thought and experimentation are needed to make this plan a reality, if it is found to have any merit, but above all there is a need that the administration direct its attention to Harvard College as such and not just to Harvard University as a research center for which Harvard College is the source of teaching personnel...
Less Medal-Pinning. Though the appointment had been in the works for weeks, most Britons were taken somewhat by surprise. Sir Oliver and his wife are so little inclined to the social side of diplomacy that an acquaintance once remarked of their infrequent parties: "One always has to break the ice-and when one does, one finds a lot of very cold water underneath...
...lands drained by the Shannon, the Niger, the Nile, the Euphrates, the Ganges, the Indus and the Irrawaddy, Marxism is not the paramount issue. These lands are regarded by both Marxists and anti-Marxists as somewhat backward...
...Caracas they had invited representatives from most of the nations of the world. Somewhat to the Caraqueños' surprise, nearly all of them came, and the city (pop. 266,000) was hard put to it to take care of so many V.I.P.s. All told, 37 nations sent representatives. The U.S. sent down an aircraft carrier and a destroyer, a planeload of diplomats and generals, and Poet Archibald MacLeish to represent President Truman...
Another organization joined the Coop in searching for bandits this week, although on a somewhat smaller scale, as Phillips Brooks House looked for the answer to the "mysterious disappearance" of two small oriental rugs from the main parlor and a set of window drapes from ladies' room...