Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cannot help but feel that your article concerning House Dues Cards was somewhat prematurely written. Speaking from my own experience, Dues Cards should not be considered as unnecessary burdens if House members do in fact benefit by obtaining the cards...
...Government economist predicted that defense orders will taper off after their recent spurt. Viewing the expected softening in housing and Pentagon procurement, he said: "We may be entering a period of somewhat more sober views of our economy, maybe a feeling of some disappointment. This will not be because our economy is declining. It will be, if it develops, because our economy is not expanding as rapidly as some of this recent exhilaration has suggested it would do. The fault will not lie with our economy but with our views...
...present, the Masters' considerations take on a double aspect. First is the question of room rates for Quincy, while the second in concerned with rent adjustment problems which will arise when suites are "deconverted" in the present Houses. The two are somewhat intertwined, as the number of deconversions will depend on how many upperclassmen are moved from their present quarters into Quincy next Fall...
...comparative purposes. To the question, "In comparing work on the machine with studying the text, I felt that with the same time and effort," thirty-two per cent of the students said that they had learned "much more" on the machine, and forty-six per cent said they learned "somewhat more" on the machine. Seventy-seven per cent of the students said, "I would have got less out of the course if machines had not been used...
That Miss Schell won the Cannes Best Actress award is not surprising; she is a highly accomplished actress and, not incidentally, beautiful. But she is somewhat disappointing. As the blinky-eyed ads would imply, she has a bad knack for simpering; she simpers very well, but too much. Her face is wonderfully mobile, but the fine differences of its expressions are limited. She does not stand out over all else in the film, but she does posses a dramatic urgency and an understanding of the excruciating moral dilemma which makes The Last Bridge as profound and important a film...