Word: blips
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...while the Bantams’ dominance was to be expected, the loss to the Tigers put a slight blip on an otherwise clean Ivy slate...
Many have pointed out that Harvard’s sale of stock is a mere blip in the stock’s overall price and claim that it will have little effect on the profitability of others’ investments in Sinopec. Instead, they argue, Harvard’s action is only symbolic. Harvard, however, has attracted media attention to the genocide, and its PetroChina divestment set a precedent followed by a number of other institutions, including Amherst College, Yale University, Stanford University, and recently the entire University of California system. Furthermore, the University’s profiting from slaughter...
...don’t have a problem with opt-in co-ed housing, that young men and women might live together in the same dorm room. Co-ed housing is but a minor blip in the unstoppable progressive march to further realms of modernity. And, as a practical matter, it’s already been widely implemented by live-in couples, with the hushed complicity of a University that has largely abrogated its role as a stand-in for absent parents.What bothers me about the issue is not co-ed housing but the inflated rhetoric and sense of entitlement employed...
...producer behind the three “Star Wars” prequels finally announced theultimate aim of his nefarious plans: “I’m hoping that, in 20 or 30 years, nobody remembers ‘Star Wars’; that it was just a blip.” Arm the message-boards, fanboys—the Dark Lord has been revealed!Well, not exactly.The 53-year-old McCallum is a relatively new addition to the Star Wars universe, but in his short tenure, he’s raised the hackles of more than a few hardcore...
...increase is one that is justifiably concerning,” Robinson said. “If you’re talking about an increase from 3 to 10, percentage-wise it’s huge, but numerically, it’s not. That just might be a blip on the radar screen. So its sounds like there could be an increase because it’s difficult to tell...