Word: slight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council has made slight changes to the service this year in response to complaints about last year's winter break shuttle service, in which some buses were late, some didn't arrive at the Quad, and some were overbooked...
Jewel's debut album was, truth be told, a little wan, a little precious, a little slight. It was enjoyable in large part because it came to you palms open, wide-eyed, innocent. Jewel's energy, her fire, her true worth came out during her live shows. Her performances on the traveling Lilith Fair showcased her talents and established her as a genuine phenomenon...
...websites, according to industry estimates. "Selling online is the big dream," says Tom Miller of Cyber Dialogue, a technology market-research firm. That's not surprising, since e-commerce is expected to create a financial tidal wave of more than $300 billion early in the next century. The slight percentage of small-business online sales today--7%--suggests that a boom may be just over the horizon...
...closer one gets to Cambridge, the harder it is to escape bagel chains and venues of cashmere sweater sets. Stereo Jacks is a slight hike down Mass Ave from Porter, but the CD, record and tape collection is a refreshing change from the hum-drum top-40 adult contemporary hits of Tower records and even the ultra-trendy underground of In Your Ear. Jack Woker, the proud founder of this establishment, has been providing eccentric music-listeners with old favorites like "Fabulous Harmonica played by the Yama Yama Man" and "Serenades for Sex Kittens." In particular, the shop specializes...
Otherwise, the ending sprinkles brief momentsof slight chuckles over its teary-eyed,underdog-comes-out-on-top denouement...