Word: slight
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...Kennedy in his steeplechase race to the White House is that he cannot claim the support of those who would seem his greatest backers--fellow Roman Catholic politicians. The four key states in any convention will be controlled in 1960 by Catholics, all of whom have at least a slight hope for the vice-Presidential nomination. Each, of course, controls a significant block of votes, but Kennedy cannot use his greatest bargaining deal--votes in exchange for an endorsement for vice-President. A Catholic running mate for Kennedy, of course, would be out of the question to party politicians...
Ekpebu's selection came as a slight surprise, since he shifted from center to wing in mid-season. Bagnoli, playing against Brown and Yale with a broken hand, allowed only three goals in five contests...
Teacher Jaeger got the idea after wearying of his family's thriving Jaeger Machine Co. (pumps, hoists, compressors) in Columbus, Ohio. A slight, intense young man, Jaeger had dabbled in engineering at Cornell, majored in education at Ohio State. Though his father gave him his own factory, Jaeger dreamed of Pied Pipering a study-as-you-go school around the world. Two years of teaching high school math in Columbus (while sitting on Jaeger Machine's board of directors) convinced him. Last year Jaeger earned a teacher's degree (Ed. M.) at Harvard, went to work setting...
After a year of the tightest money since the 1920s, the U.S. last week experienced a slight easing in the general demand for funds. It was partly due to the depressing effects of the steel strike and industry's uncertainty about investing heavily in inventory before a settlement is reached. But the Federal Reserve Board also eased money to take care of the usual extra demands around Christmas by permitting member banks to count a percentage of their vault cash as reserves, thus in effect adding some $1.4 billion in lending power...
...slight easing had no effect on interest rates. The U.S. Treasury last week sold its 13-week bills at 4.5%, the highest point in history for its shortest-term borrowing, partly because only the week before it had drawn heavily on short-term funds with a $2 billion offer of 320-day bills at 4.86%. Bankers expect even greater pressure when a steel settlement is made and a rush for supplies and postponed expansion exerts new pressure on the money market...