Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...longer what it was. No longer does the outcome depend on military strength and strategy; no longer is the civilian reasonably safe to carry on for posterity. Science, especially chemistry and aviation, has translated the next war into terms of universal destruction. . . . "In man slight and transitory nasal irritation is appreciable after an exposure of five minutes to as little as one part of diphenyl-chloroarsine in two hundred million parts of air. ... A concentration of one part in ten million will probably incapacitate a man within a minute from the pain and distress, and nausea and vomiting accompanying...
...market reaction to the G. M. statement was slight; its news had been largely discounted through expectation. Yet the stock promptly moved up 2% points...
...when he must earn his passage. Slowly, infinitely slowly, the bows curve in. Too much rudder or a shot the wrong way, for it is impossible to see, means ruin. But he knows his boat and can tell from the feel what is happening. At last there is a slight jolt and the cox ahead rises his hand. But it is a tremendous relief to all when "easy all' follows the bump and one place higher on the river has been reached in safety...
Coolidge. President Coolidge last week announced after an analysis of country-wide scope that business and trade conditions of the U. S. were healthy. In the opinion of the President trade trends showed a continued advance. His statement caused a slight increase in prices on the stock market but for just one day. Wall Street, reasoning that the Chief Executive is usually optimistic, scrutinized his remarks with care. Some brokers questioned them. The loss in railway net receipt "is not great" was a contention of the President. The last available figures registered a decline of 11% which Wall Street considered...
...when the University squad left Williamstown, it had added the Purple scalp to its list, by virtue of a 1 to 0 victory. Louis Kerness '29, made the only score early in the first period. The rest or the game was close, with the Crimson team, having a slight edge over the Purple booters, pressing close, but unable to score. L. L. Driggs '28, Louis Kerness '29, and Alexander Stollmeyer '30, starred for the winners...