Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...being marshailed for new forays into the experimental fields of educational development, there arise murmurs that all may not be well in some of the recently conquered territories. For the second successive year since the adoption of the Reading Period, the membership of the Dean's List shows a slight decrease in enrollment. The figures are far from alarming, showing only a drop from 18.4 of the total registration last year to 16.8 in the records just published, and the fluctuations are so small that they might readily be accounted for by temporary considerations such as the severity of examinations...
...replacement of this method by one less damaging of the resources of the country is obviously an essential to prosperity, and the policy of the United States has been directed toward this end. Whatever slight injustice may be done a discontented general whose revolt might have succeeded but for our influence, the people at large are certainly far better off and there is always hope that the day when elections will mean something may come in the near future and take away the necessity for the more violent expressions of opinion...
During the past five weeks, Dean Briggs has been confined to his home at 6 Ash Street, Cambridge, undergoing treatment for what was thought to be ulcers of the stomach under the supervision of Dr. P. H. Means '17, Medical Adviser at the University. A slight relapse caused his being taken to Phillips House two days ago, but Dr. Porter's examination seems to point toward the future recovery of the patient...
This extension of paternalism at Lafayette may seem but slight; its significance lies in its marked agreement with a policy already casting its shadow over American college life. Whether it be the banning of automobiles for university students, the appointment of athletic captains and managers by coaches, the censoring of the student press, or just the classroom training of extra-curricular leaders, the effect is the same, a blow at self-reliance...
...European Affairs" through a lorgnette; "Richard Mallard expressing his incapacity for surprise." The text is a sparkling satire on "our old and complex society," and a bitter burlesque of politics in general and female politicians in particular. It is also an excellent travesty on the standard detective story. The slight plot?international intrigue in the later 20th century?is a mockery, and the countless detectives a taunt...