Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...apartment and signed with my name, established her identity as my sister." Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon: " At the weekly luncheon of the ladies of the Cabinet, it was announced that I was indisposed. It later developed that I had a 'slight touch of measles.' " Mrs. Magnus Johnson, wife of Minnesota's junior U. S. Senator: " From our Minnesota farm I wrote Mr. Johnson a letter. Said I: 'Every thing is fine on the farm. There are 19 fresh cows and 25 little piggies, with excellent prospects for many more...
...Clarence Mackay's fervid and interesting attack on the modern tendency to place life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness under bureaucratic control" is unfortunately based upon a slight error of historical analysis. New Jersey's well advertised Blue Laws unmistakably prove that "the pursuit of happiness", especially on Sundays, was carefully regulated by the government long before the present generation of "self-seeking people" arrived on the scene. And if Mr. Mackay pushed his historical inquiries a little further he would discover that the price of bread and ale in England was wont to be fixed by town authorities...
...College team by an 8 to 3 score last Thursday. Arriving at University Heights without any flourish of trumpets, without any imposing victories to their credit, the Springfield players went to work in business-like fashion and completely outplayed their over-confident opponents. Gates, a slow-ball pitcher of slight stature, buffaloed the B. G. sluggers throughout. He is out to add to his fame this afternoon at the expense of the Crimson...
...Passed, after extended consideration, the Soldier Bonus Bill, with only slight variations from the form in which it had been passed by the House (see Page...
...doubles match, in which Ingraham and Pfaffmann met Anderson and Lang, was the feature match of the afternoon. Although the first set went to the visitors with slight opposition, the second was hotly contested for 18 games, before Columbia was able to win two in succession...