Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somewhat disappointed; we started second so we wanted to do well," said heavy weight crew member Daniel Dias...
...pages, the book is almost a novella and thus is supplemented with a lovely preface by Calvino himself, written in 1964. Calvino's later and better-known novels were neither warm nor autobiographical (with the exception of his final novel, the distanced and pensive Mr. Palomar), so it is somewhat surprising to find Calvino reflective and downright chatty. Nests was originally published in 1947 when Calvino was twenty-three; writing in 1964, Calvino was twenty-three; writing in 1964, Calvinoapparently felt the 17 years in between had earnedhim the seniority which marks his attitude in thepreface, even though he would...
...pressures are somewhat different for students interested in spending a summer working with the Legal Aid Society or the American Civil Liberties Union...
...pressures are somewhat different for students interested in spending a summer working with the Legal Aid Society or the American Civil Liberties Union...
...actually do spend a somewhat surprising amount of time at the Semitic Museum, but I must admit that the second-floor exhibit on "Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from a Forgotten Past"--which I have passed many times on my way to my thesis adviser's office--never quite grabbed me. What drew me to the exhibit was an article in a New Jersey newspaper, entitled "Ancient Scandal Reads Like Today's News...