Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Japanese, while more than interested, have not so far made their exclusion from the United States a matter of national honor. They recognize that every state must be allowed to regulate its own internal affairs, and although slightly disappointed, have accepted the situation up to date with a fair grace. What hurts their pride in the present case is the fact that they have been treated as a nation of relatively slight importance. Their dignity has been bruised; and they feel that Japanese prestige, which has been carefully built up during the past three generations, has suffered a damaging blow...
Watkins, a slight young man of medium height, swung on the burly Gallivan, who used to be the toughest umpire-baiter on the Harvard ball teams of the 80's.* Members intervened and bore off the rash Oregonian before he could hurt himself...
Doctor Loucheur (Minister of Commerce) announced, when his patient suffered a slight relapse after this effort, that he expected to keep the franc about 16 to the dollar...
Just as Beebe, while he is slight and unimpressive, succeeds in creating about himself an atmosphere of romance, so he invests the smallest insects with qualities of rare charm. He owes much to Fabre and to W. H. Hudson; but his rhythmical and beautiful style is distinctive. He is, undoubtedly, in addition to being a recognized scientist of the first order, one of the best essayists we have today in America...
Complete plans for sculling for the coming season were announced yesterday by the Department of Physical Education through Mr. Wachter. Sculling will begin this year on April 7, the slight delay in starting being due to the storm yesterday, and to the unavoidable confusion in getting the crews on the water during the first two weeks...