Word: barest
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...plan which, at no expense, preserves and extends four-class Houses. Proposed independently by the Quad Committee and RUS, it affiliates all freshmen with Houses, and assigns Yard space to each House to use either for freshman or upperclass housing, as it desires. (This is only the barest sketch; details can be found in the QC and RUS reports.) But CHUL has, despite the energetic efforts of a few members (not only the Quad ones), so far ignored this plan, CHUL should reconsider. Alan Sokal '76 North House
...midst of all these uncertainties, Judge Muir gave only the barest hint of how he would rule. Asked by the Quinlans' attorney to visit Karen in the hospital, Muir declined. "I don't think it's appropriate for me to go see her," he replied. "I'm an ordinary human being with ordinary thoughts and ordinary emotions. My position in this case is to decide on the basis of the evidence presented. Emotion is an aspect that I cannot decide a case...
...traditional burst of promotional ballyhoo and high hopes of recovery. Over the next few weeks, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and American Motors will officially introduce the 1976 models now rolling off their assembly lines. Generally, the new cars will cost more than the '75s and show only the barest styling changes. But Detroit is gambling that its main selling point for '76−improved fuel economy−will bring enough buyers back to the showrooms to end the industry's two-year sales decline. While admitting to some concern that the nation's economy seems...
Despite the improvement in utility finances, executives at the Denver meeting could not cite a single canceled project that has been reinstated. And even if all the projects were rescheduled, they would represent the barest glimmer of the nation's power needs. Over the next 15 years, according to some estimates, utilities ought to invest a staggering $750 billion in new plants. No one seems to have much idea how they can raise the money. W. Donham Crawford, president of the Edison Institute, notes that most utility stocks are still selling for less than book value, a situation that...
Haim Zadok told a Hillel-sponsored forum that although Israel undertakes preventive detention for national security reasons, the number of detainees has been "kept to the barest minimum," and has not exceeded 20 at any one time...