Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...readily come to mind. In the theater world Denver is known as a "split-week town." That is no designation for any self-respecting metropolis; it means that road-show companies calculate that they cannot get seven days out of the box office. The city can be somewhat prouder of its symphony orchestra. It has survived and grown modestly over 44 years, but has never made the big time, partly because it has been performing in a hall whose acoustics make anything, even Mozart, sound like a band concert...
Chipman's somewhat disappointing 13-10 performance and foilsman Gene Vastola's disastrous one-win last day left the Crimson back in the pack, 17th out of 47 teams, rather than the tenth or better they had hoped...
...student aid package was originally proposed by President Carter. Sen. Clairborne Pell (D-R.I.) and Sen. Harrison Williams (D-N.J.) are leading the fight for a somewhat modified version of the bill in Congress. The bill as it stands now would increase the maximum award under the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program (BEOG) and would extend eligibility for those grants to the $15,000 to $25,000 income range for the first time...
Moliere's plot is somewhat complex, and the relationships between the characters can be confusing at times...
...foot slipped on his full twist two-and-a-half and he failed the dive. Greacen, who was diving well up to that point, thus received points for only ten dives while all other divers scored on the usual 11 dives. "It was just a freak thing," said a somewhat disappointed Walker, "but it happens to even the best divers." Nevertheless, Greacen will also make the trek to Long Beach by virtue of his fourth-place effort on the low board...