Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cards. Twirling his mustache, sipping artfully from a glass of water, mugging for the camera men, he admitted that Communism in Hollywood was on the decline, mainly because so many people were becoming aware of its dangers. But there were still Reds aplenty, and he had a surefire, if somewhat simplified, method of spotting them. "Anyone attending any meeting at which Paul Robeson appears, and applauds, can be considered a Communist," said Adolphe Menjou...
...Somewhat breathless after a half-page assault on U.S. civilization in general ("racism, gangsterism, alcoholism . . . prostitution disguised as law"), L'Humanité begged readers to send in suggestions for future treatment...
...official in Germany was somewhat more hopeful: "Economically we have made little progress, but at least in the American zone we have created a sense of freedom in a people unaccustomed to it. There is no fear of arbitrary police action. This is not true in the Soviet zone." A British observer was sarcastic: "Germans in the American zone now understand that, by & large, their first and only duty is to cause no trouble, feed themselves without a riot, and get on with the business of living any way they can. The other term for that is, I suppose...
...People insist on calling that one Bill Bingham," said Haskian yesterday, "when anybody can see that it's Emil Drvaric." The Somerville artist has endowned the Milwaukee guard with a suspiciously light sprinkling of tawny hair and a somewhat hunted expression...
...long trip from Miss Williams' California swimming pool to the bone dry stage of the Loews Orpheum Theatre, and she made the trek just to be kissed. Previously she had been bussed 'by a downy-cheeked youth from Tufts, and even as Guidera was leaving, a somewhat abashed lad in a B.U. emblazoned sweater was espied wandering about in the lobby of Mr. Goldwyn's entertainment emporium...