Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...divers performed a number of experiments during the dive, including tests of breathing, manual dexterity and mental functioning. The only problems the divers reported were slight difficulties breathing and a mild case of the bends while surfacing...
...symptoms of those exposed to the fumes ranged from mild nausea and gas pains to severe headaches and vomiting, she added...
...mild winter has helped Harvard this year, allowing the team to begin practice several weeks earlier than in previous years. However, weather has hurt the linksters recently, as they lost in strong winds to Tufts and were rained out yesterday against Brown...
PHILADELPHIA vs. EDMONTON: Despite a mild late-season slump, tough-guy turned coach-of-the-year candidate Pat Quinn and his charges, led by a core of reliable veterans (Barber, Clarke, Leach, MacLeish (and blossoming youngsters (Linseman, Propp), topped the NHL. Oilers have the Great Gretzky but not the retzky, yet will snatch a win on home ice to lose in four...
...refers to the goddess of salt water in the Brazilian macumba cult, whose votaries send out little silver-painted boats laden with flowers, perfumed soap and mirrors as offerings (if they sink, lemanjá has accepted the prayer). Pindell has given her own offering to this tropical Venus a mild air of reverence...