Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American to win and keep good will for the U.S. in the Near East. The friend and teacher of sheiks, princes and prime ministers, he knows how to eat rice and roast lamb the Arab way. He also knows how to lecture his Arab friends like a kindly if somewhat exasperated uncle, without losing their affection or respect. His favorite lecture topics: the inadequacy of "political formulae and agitation" to solve Arab Asia's problems; the need for hard work, sacrifice and faith...
...Acres and Pains" tries hard to laugh its way into the honor spot conceded "Crazy Like a Fox" and "Dawn Ginsberg's Revenge," but falls somewhat short of red-hot. Perelman subjects must be taken in short doses to remain fresh, but, "Acres and Pains" lacks the necessary shift of topic, becoming a well-executed, if occasionally heavy rehash of life on the farm. Composed of a series of magazine articles filled in with new material, the book does not show a continuous level of quality throughout. The older, more familiar chapters emphasize the bawdy wit of Perelman...
Neither fighter opened up during the course of the scrap and the decision went to Clemmons on the strength of a good boxing performance in the late stages of the third round. Apparently somewhat puzzled in the first round by Fuller's crouching style, Clemmons stood off and threw left jabs. The round went to Fuller by a small margin...
Troubled Trieste rested somewhat easier yesterday as the Allied Military Government announced that a strike of 12000 workers in the port area had come to an end. While it lasted, the work stoppage was 100 percent effective and completely halted the loading and unloading of ships. A general strike call failed, however, when the leading non-Communist union refused to participate...
...name in solid gold on the door. He can no longer afford to pass out $100 tips to waiters. His hair is white, and the lean, taut jaw line once beloved by millions of women has run to jowls. "At 64," booms Francis Xavier Bushman, "my energies are somewhat-ah-shall we say, mellowed, but my profile is unimpaired...