Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Trim & Adaptable. The State Department eyed a somewhat brighter spot in the Far East-the trim, adaptable, hardworking nation of Japan. Japan was under the direct and all-but-absolute control of the U.S. Strategically, it flanked the Asiatic mainland as England flanked Europe. What was more, Japan had a powerful spokesman, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur...
...Somewhat eclipsed by the theatrical spotlight, and winding up on Thursday a two week session of pondering social issues is the 12-year old Wellesley Institute for Social Progress, with an enrollment of 200 quartered in Claftin, Severance, and Pomeroy Halls...
...keeper nodded. Photographer Darby finally wrapped two lengths of Henry's chain around his neck and escaped, somewhat shaken. By & large, our correspondents had a quieter time of it. Some went alone to browse and gape; others took the opportunity to give their youngsters an outing. One, who spent a lively afternoon keeping his young son out of crocodile pits and away from bears' paws, found that he had to go back the next day to see for himself what the zoo was really like. The pair who bore the brunt of the cover story were James Bell...
Possessed. Joan Crawford, Van Heflin and flashes of good movie-making do a lot for a somewhat vapid psychiatric story (TIME, June...
...United States would sink to an as yet unplumbed depth. And this is by no means an inconceivable possibility, for the appropriations involved will be staggering. They will dwarf the two and a quarter billions spent on UNRRA. The Second Session of the Eightieth Congress may be more than somewhat reluctant to dig so deeply into the nation's pocket at a time when it will be mainly preoccupied with jockeying for position in the All America Sweepstakes of November...