Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sforzi dies, but one leaves the theatre feeling somewhat sorry for him--in a cool, philosophical sort of way, naturally. Such is the inevitable result of sophistication...
...dive, the Crimson has the talent to win, but not ideal conditions. The strange board and one meter distance may somewhat hamper Chick Montgomery and Ric Johnson. Despite the unfamiliar pool and the lack of two key men, Crimson depth should prove enough to overcome the Lions...
However, the Commerce Committee bill comes much closer to the administration plan than does a Senate-passed measure calling for a $465 million federal outlay. Eisenhower last year vetoed a bill somewhat like the current Senate version...
That the present Natural Sciences program does not successfully surmount these problems is recognized by the University; the Bruner report itself is an attempt to remedy the situation. But the Bruner report offers little that is substantially new; it is somewhat paralyzed before the problems of teaching science in any meaningful way to an elementary audience...
...film is Black Rock itself, a town bearing little resemblance to the standard farmer-cowman battleground. Black Rock is unusually homogeneous, "consumed with apathy," until the appearance of the outsider threatens the power elite and probes the town's collective guilty conscience. The suspension of disbelief called for is somewhat greater than usual, owing to the improbable economic and social set-up of the town, population circa twelve, all of whom sport neuroses of one sort or other. One day's exposure to the hero is all the therapy they need to set them straight, however, while he seems also...