Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Aren't you being somewhat overgenerous to yourselves in your article on "Colonialism & the U.S."? Your phrase "devotion to principle" as a description of the U.S. attitude strikes this reader as a hilarious viewpoint...
...only West Germany would agree to "remain free of nuclear weapons." either on its own decision or by NATO agreement, the Soviet Union in event of war "would be prepared to abstain from using nuclear weapons against any object whatsoever in the Federal Republic." Brentano was taken somewhat aback by this specious proposal but quickly rebutted: "We will throw away all our weapons, of every kind, if the Soviet Union would do the same. Let us work towards a regularized disarmament agreement...
Inflation and high taxes have somewhat cooled the Swedish enthusiasm for statism. In postwar elections the Socialists have gradually lost strength, the more conservative parties gained. Whether this cooling is decisive enough to topple the Socialists from their long-held power will be seen in the special elections which must now be held, probably on June...
This introverted escape from nature, which has become a national stereotype for the Harvard man, could be somewhat remedied by extension of parietal hours until ten o'clock each weekday evening. There is no reason to believe that the average student would have female guests in his room for any greater number of hours per week. There is, in fact, reason to believe that an extension would increase the amount of time spent studying. Students who spend their afternoons in female company often continue their activities into the dark, while those who date only at night might keep their afternoons...
Sophomore Tim Gallwey will occupy the second position for the varsity. His opponent will be Steve Bank, who, like Gallwey, is small. Bank won over the slender lefty in the first Chapel Hill match but was trounced by Sears in the second. Although somewhat erratic, Gallwey has shown tremendous improvement this year, and will give Bank a tough match...