Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...painless extraction of the bonus. The intricate plan for the issuing of certificates of indebtedness to veterans apparently was conceived at one of those moments, suggested by Lincoln, when "you can fool all of the people"; for the lightness of the protest against the proposal shows that exceedingly slight popular antagonism has been aroused...
...University has shown admirable tact in adding to her roll of graduates these twenty-eight men who did not complete their college courses. Harvard is honored in numbering them among her sons. They have fought for her ideals and gladly given up their lives. This reward, slight though it is, will carry their memory down to future generations of Harvard...
...scant as regards men of letters, artists, and the like, so that the established order of things now decrees: Europe for art, literature, the belies lettres; America for materialism and its attendant prosperity. Although the iconoclast is a truly reprehensible percentage, no one could object to at least a slight revision of such an order of the above...
...Yale record since the first struggle with the Crimson has been a fairly good one. The Elis have defeated Williams 4 to 0 and Cornell 6 to 2. They suffered a slight set-back Wednesday, however, when the St. Nicholas sextet triumphed over them...
...records of the two teams would seem to give the Crimson a slight edge in this afternoon's contest. Tuesday evening Coach Wachter's men downed Rhode Island State by a 44-33 score while several weeks ago the Hill-top quintet also triumphed over the State team by 35-28 count. Against the Massachusetts Aggies, however, the University men won a 33-20 victory while the Tufts five yielded...