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Word: slight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been removed. Whether more sustained political activity will come about remains to be seen, but it surely doesn't seem imminent. Part and parcel of Americans' laissez-faire attitude is a political apathy that is unrivaled in the western world. While the French hit the streets because of slight cuts in education, Americans seem reticent to protest even the most monstrous atrocities...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: Laissez-FAIR | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...housing tract was uniform--the houses were all slight variations on the same design and the plots and lawns similar. Ten minutes and I was lost...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Magical Mystery Tour | 12/13/1986 | See Source »

This is especially true of songs which are especially rapid, such as the Major General's song (admirably dispatched nevertheless by Gardner), or particularly soft, such as the duet between Mabel and Frederick (Lee Eichen). But on the whole such moments are rare and really nothing more than slight flaws on an otherwise extremely strong production...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: A Victorian Big-Budget Spectacular | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

...evident that surveyed employers are approaching this year's recruitment with caution, since they are anticipating a slight decrease from last year's job market for new college graduates," the study concluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

...least the Chicago Bears know what has technically been wrong with Jim McMahon, the most erudite of their four quarterbacks, who has written one book and read several others. He has a slight tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder. McMahon said, "I knew something was in there," though two arthroscopic examinations were required to find it. Missing him for six of eleven games, Coach Mike Ditka had frankly grown dubious. "Can you hear that?" whispered the quarterback, jiggling his bad handle. "It sounds like somebody's walking around in wet shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mac Is Back: Pass It On | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

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