Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Death," said the Tsarina, "is a somewhat maturing experience. What Nicky means is that between two systems of society, which embody diametrically opposed moral and political principles, even peace may be only a tactic of struggle...
Errol Flynn, a somewhat pouchy 38, tied himself to a 15-year, uncancelable Warner Brothers contract. Terms: one picture a year for an annual $250,000-but he could be required to spend as much as 14 weeks a year at work...
Volpone (Siritzky International), rare Ben Jonson's rarest spectacle, has been somewhat simplified for the screen by Adapters Stefan Zweig and Jules Romains. In reviving Jonson in any form they have had to combat what T. S. Eliot calls a "most perfect conspiracy of approval." In the general willingness to grant Jonson all manner of dull virtues, it has been generally overlooked that (in Volpone especially) he abounds in the lively vice of showmanship. This film exaggerates that vice. The result is magnificent mummery, set and played with tremendous style...
Plain & Fancy. At 59, grey Jim Williams is as pale and paunchy as one of his machine-shop characters. He lives, somewhat apologetically, in a fancy 2O-room Tudor mansion with a $30,000 swimming pool in San Marino, Calif. He sits down at his drawing board as early as 6 a.m. and waits, with a fisherman's patience, for an idea to strike. Sometimes it takes hours. When he really gets one hooked, he finishes a panel in a hurry. If the fishing is good, he can polish off four panels in a morning...
...With somewhat less ease the Chicago papers had also bypassed the printers. In three weeks of strike, the papers had worked the major kinks out of the new photoengraving (VariType) process that had replaced typesetting. Papers were normal size, and readers who had complained about the typed look now liked it: they found the bigger type easier to read. As it took up more space, editors had to sharpen their stories...