Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nothing that Radcliffe figures were higher in both years, Kennedy added that the percentage for this year's Yardlings is nearer the average for the last decade than that of the Class of '61. "The record of the Class of '61 was somewhat disappointing," he explained...
...declared, was "improving the living standards of our population and saving them from dwelling in slums." Aside from this vague expression of good intentions, the new military rulers had no political program at all. But, because the tide of Arab nationalism was running high everywhere, Colonel Aref had a somewhat hazy idea for closer relations with Nasser's United Arab Republic. In Kassem's mind was a similarly muddled idea for setting up a neutralist Iraqi state...
...film changes. The first 60 minutes add up to a clever psychological thriller, marked and sometimes marred by solemn efforts to see the crime in its social and spiritual setting-as a single pustule in a larger leprosy. The trial, arguing from this evidence, swiftly develops an eloquent though somewhat overextended plea for the abolition of the death penalty. The film rises to a memorable peroration in the words of Clarence Darrow (Orson Welles), as he asks the court to temper justice with mercy, sentence his clients to life in prison. "Life!" he cries. "Any cry for more goes back...
Since the Boston Lacrosse Club can schedule only a few practice sessions each wek, its teamwork should be somewhat less polished than the Varsity...
This is the Pirates' year, however, as Branch Rickey's building process, which began eight years ago, will flower this season. The Bucs made a good run at Milwaukee last year, but if they had won, it would have been somewhat of a fluke. Thanks to the key trade this winter that brought to them a catcher who could hit, a steady left-hand starter, and a good third baseman all in exchange for an excellent third baseman, a Pirate victory this year would be no fluke...