Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comfortably arranged their various anatomies over the couches and lounges supplied for the purpose the starter should put the salesmen on their marks, get them ready, and start them off on their individual talks. If after three hours, they are still speaking fluently, which is most probable, I think slight refreshments should be served. In case the dining halls have not opened, this will be greatly appreciated by the 'parsimonious freshman' who by not subscribing to the school publications has saved enough money to carry him through his sophomore year. Provided the refreshments fail to revive those poor Freshmen...
...made, in the course of his speech, to a certain member of the Tammany species at present ensconced in a rather ornate rookery in Albany, but who is reputed to be not averse to a migration towards the District of Columbia. It is true, the reference was very slight, but not in the least slighting; and, no doubt, the speaker again had this individual in mind when he said, "Sometimes it is very disconcerting to find that we Democrats can succeed locally and yet fail nationally." "Disconcerting," to be sure...
Given the regrettable fact that the king, defender and emperor as aforesaid, is decidedly short in stature and slight in build, the reason for his discomfiture is not far to seek. The Simms portrait exhibited him seated in all his royal robes and things, yards upon yards of them, with his exceedingly slim legs protruding from their midst. There have not been lacking people to insinuate that the satire in the portrait was intentional. Whether or not Mr. Simms has been smiling discreetly at this regal figure whose consort out-tops him by inches, the fact remains that the picture...
...when one sees it, one can't help wondering how "Hedda Gabler" could ever be a popular vehicle. In the first place it is far too long for the stiff-backed seats of a theatre, taking over four hours in presentation. Moreover the incidents are thin and the action slight. Thirdly one feels continually that Ibsen is speaking from the stage and not from life, for his characters have a stilted unnatural manner of expressing themselves. In spite of this, there is something about the icily-cold. Hedda which holds one's fascinated attention...
...natural reaction of most students who read President Lowell's denunciation of them before the Association of American Universities is to oppose his charges with denials. The average student has somewhere in the back of his mind, at least a slight understanding of and respect for the real purpose for which he is in college, even though his academic record may not indicate it. This same average student, therefore, may resent President Lowell's speech as doing injustice to his intentions, even if not to his achievements. But why? To say the obvious, it is because scholastic glory appears...