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Word: somewhat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still not clear as to what is happening here," he says, looking somewhat frazzled...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Behind the Scenes at Cambridge's Zany Television Station | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

Lesson 2: The gas works, too. So much here comes with extra padding, like the "pugil sticks" (think of those Q-Tip-like things on "American Gladiators"), or dull edges, like our bayonets - that our guard was somewhat lowered. If you've never been forcefully dispersed by the authorities with this stuff, here's a rundown: It's a lungful of bleach and a faceful of Tabasco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ah, the Smell of Tear Gas in the Morning... | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...books, taken together, right that imbalance somewhat. Edward M. Kennedy, A Biography by New York Times reporter Adam Clymer (William Morrow; 692 pages; $27.50) is a painstaking reconstruction of the Senator's life that winds up placing him alongside such other Senate giants as Hubert Humphrey and Robert Taft. In Love with Night: The American Romance with Robert Kennedy by Ronald Steel (Simon & Schuster; 220 pages; $23) is a hard-eyed rumination on the difference between the real (and of course flawed) Robert Kennedy and the popular memory of his greatness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Teddy and Robert | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...doesn't? A Swedish study now confirms what many doctors have suspected. A persistent HPV infection--one that hangs on for at least a year--raises the odds of developing cervical cancer 200-fold. And there's not too much you can do to prevent HPV. Condoms help somewhat, but monogamy or abstention is the only surefire way to be safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...council is a somewhat pathetic organization that may not inspire the interest of the best people on this campus. Or, there may no longer be any people deserving of campus-wide leadership. Perhaps all that remain are local deities. Either way, this year's race for council president is shaping up to be yet another embarrassment to the notion of student government at Harvard, and more sadly, a sign that the purported greatness of Harvard undergraduates may be on the wane...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: That Leadership Thing | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

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