Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...militant leader of Nicaragua's revolutionaries, General Jose Maria Moncada. President Chamorro of Nicaragua conveyed through his representatives the terms of an armistice which he was willing to conclude with the embattled revolutionaries (TIME, May 17 et seq.). General Moncada accepted the terms of armistice with slight modifications. Loomed a peace conference under U. S. auspices, at which Usurper Chamorro, and the "revolutionaries" (really "counter revolutionaries") may compose their differences...
...redheaded Irishman with a chest like an oak, rumpled red hair, cracked knuckles, a throat for pints of whiskey, ears for the rumble of life. His eyes are humorous, quick, lonely. He was born in a slum, educated by existence. Perhaps he is a prison graduate, bitterly "bumped." With slight intelligence but unlimited understanding he has made his way to where you find him with help from no man. He is the dream of all his countrymen when he reaches a high place, a tornado of an Irishman to whom morals count less than a wart on a deacon...
...team A men who will probably play against Geneva tomorrow were not in uniform yesterday. Kilgour was out with a slight injury and Daley had a class which kept him from appearing until late. With the exception of these two men who are slated to fill the guard positions the team will probably take the field against Geneva as it lined up yesterday...
...slight increase in the number of aspirants for the teams was noted yesterday over the initial session but more are still needed to make the class outfits into powerful and smoothly running aggregations. The class players will be used to demonstrate plays before the University squad this year in addition to their can etition in regular interclass games...
...general McKinlock closely resembles the other Freshman dormitories, but there are some slight changes. It is built, like Gore and Standish, on three sides around a court, with the open side facing the Charles. But unlike these two, McKinlock's wings are not built at right angles to the main part, but slant out a greater angle. Instead of the usual dining room that is a feature of the other three sister halls, the new building has no dining room of its own, but has, instead, a large library, reserved exclusively for the entering class, and in which all books...