Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...campuses do begin to boil again this fall, however, Congressional reaction may be somewhat milder than it would have been a year ago. Even some conservative members of both parties appear to have decided that new, tough legislation might be counter-productive; this change in viewpoint is credited with helping to stop anti-riot bills over the summer...
Fiery middle-aged Henry Howell, sounding a bit too much like Hubert Humphrey with a Virginia accent, seemed somewhat eccentric for the Old South with his anti-establishment, anti-clite record as a State Senator. In Richmond, Senatorial colleagues frankly considered him an idiot for his efforts to tax country-club memberships and banks instead of food and clothing...
Today the date is marked by celebrations to honor those men who dared to take a stand against the Nazis. The Germans look to it as a small bright light in a black past. Even that light is somewhat dim, however, for as any student of the period knows the attempt on the life of Hitler was motivated by the fact that he was losing the war, not by moral opposition...
Harvard's cross-country team returned from its three-week training camp with luxuriant beards and noticeable exuberance last weekend, but despite the clear prospect of another unbeaten season. Crimson coach Bill McCurdy seemed somewhat reserved...
...scrimmage, however, brought mixed reactions from both Yovicsin and several hundred spectators."My God, we're going to get blasted this fall," wailed one jock. Yovicsin was somewhat more hopeful...