Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...It’s just exciting to see a scene that’s small, that can feel somewhat isolated from other students here, can continue finding other people who support it, who seek out that sense of community, build the community with each other and bands, and keep the community alive,” longtime DJ Grant M. Damon ’09 says...
...also seems somewhat unrealistic for the UC to raise the necessary amount of money in the proposed time frame—a daunting $600,000 by September, followed by several million over an extended period of time—especially given the current economic climate. We therefore do not recommend that the UC pursue the purchase of 45 Mt. Auburn Street, as the plan is unlikely to be successful and may detract from other valuable goals and projects...
...sense of direction and a commitment to certain ideas,” he said. But the prospect of joining such distinguished company is, for Chhabra—who has conducted research for the United Nations and served as a consultant for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs—somewhat overwhelming. “It was a mistake, a fluke. I definitely do not belong on that roster,” he said —Staff writer Niha S. Jain can be reached at nsjain@fas.harvard.edu...
...again, beginning in “Less Than Zero,” continuing through his seminal work, “American Psycho,” and into a follow-up collection of short stories, “The Informers”—lately made into a somewhat uncomfortable film.Simon & Schuster, the New York publishing house, gave Ellis a huge advance on “American Psycho” after the 21-year-old author launched with “Zero” while still an undergraduate at Bennington College, and then gave him another almost as big when...
...money to help? A few dozen of the wealthiest schools, including Stanford, Princeton and Williams, have pledged to meet every applicant's financial need and don't set caps on how much aid they'll give. But even at colleges with limited resources, the financial-aid budget is somewhat elastic, since some students who were offered aid decide to matriculate elsewhere. "We do tend to unencumber a certain percentage of the financial aid that we've offered to students," says Tom Melecki, director of student financial services at the University of Texas at Austin. "We're hopeful that...