Word: slight
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...very close on the election reform action; it would be a shame if they didn't pass it on time because the differences are so slight," says James Thurber, professor of government and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential studies at American University. A few points of conflict: Democrats want protections for disabled voters who may be excluded from non-accessible polling places. Republicans are more concerned with cutting down on voter fraud, pushing for new voter-identification requirements and stricter guidelines for mail-in registration...
...Harvard field hockey team’s steady ascent since the construction of Jordan Field in 1999 may have suffered a slight lapse when the team failed to make NCAAs last year. But auspicious events in this year’s offseason—in contrast to the slew of injuries at last year’s outset—leave the Crimson equipped to surpass the achievements of the 2000 NCAA qualifying team...
...fever and a headache. For some, however, including those with weakened immune systems, as well as the very young and the elderly - although this assumption is under fire; the most recent infection, in Washington, D.C., is in a 55-year-old man - the virus can be deadly. That risk, slight as it is, has never been more evident than it has been this summer. To date, the Centers for Disease Control report 120 infections nationwide, as well as five deaths from the virus. (There were 83 documented infections and nine deaths in 1999 and 2001 combined). More than half...
...worth a very slight, short-term risk of blood clots to battle hot flashes? You bet, says Christine Fulbright, 53, who runs her own hair salon in Venice, Calif. Fulbright's menopausal symptoms, which started a year ago, were so bad she thought she was dying. "I was aching all over and crying all the time," she recalls. "At one point I was cutting a man's hair when, out of the blue, I had to fight back tears." Fulbright tried alternative remedies, like yam creams, but relief came only when she tried Prempro four months ago. "It was like...
...Karzai is not alone in taking extra precautions. Presidential spokesman Fazel Akbar told TIME a core of senior ministers has also adopted U.S. bodyguards. But, he says, it's all temporary and should not be seen by defense minister Fahim's supporters as a slight. "The Americans are helping to build the national army and now they are helping with security in the presidential palace; it's all the same thing," he says. Others don't see it that...