Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those who have even a slight acquaintance with the works of Rider Haggard know that to read any of the fifty-odd mystery romances that have flowed from his prolific pen, one must leave the commonplace life of the unemotional occident and journey through strange lands and among strange peoples. Nor may one even be sure of remaining upon this earth, for not infrequently Haggard's pen guides us to other planets--even to distant stars. Still less is one bound by the fetters of time, for Haggard's belief (whether real or assumed) in the doctrine of re-incarnation...
Captain Davenport and Huntington were the Yale stars, each winning two out of their three matches; while Roland Fleer '24 did well for the University, also winning two out of three matches. The match between Fleer and Davenport, which the former won by the slight margin of 7-5, was the most interesting and closely contested...
Cotton declined sharply from recent high levels. In general, however, commodities continued to rise in price. Copper has recovered its recent slight recession on heavy London buy. So universal are premiums for early deliveries of steel products that prices for such deliveries are in practice rather meaningless. The Steel Corporation is operating at 92% of capacity. Railroad buying has slowed up, but so great is the demand that the only check to production lies in the shortage of common labor...
...tomb had been entered in ancient days, the discovery of the secret inner chamber, intact, has never been duplicated and probably never will be," Professor Chase said. "The Valley of Kings has been so well exhausted that the chance of another unraided tomb's being discovered is very slight. The true value of Lord Carnarvon's discovery lies in the completeness of the tomb's furnishing. They give a picture of richness and splendor in ancient Egyptian life, which has often been suspected but never fully realized until...
Even more remarkable as showing that this satisfactory standing is not wholly caused by the fear of ineligibility through probation, are the percentages of these men who achieved standings which place them in the first three groups. There again the parallel holds with once more a slight advantage on behalf of those who have taken part in major sports...