Word: slight
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...will let other Potterphiles debate the movie's excision of the book's spooky Halloween party, or its use of a Sorting Hat that speaks its musings aloud instead of whispering them conspiratorially into the wearer's ear, or its slight cuting up of the officious Hermione. All that is just grading papers. The big question is whether Columbus has found a potent kinetic equivalent to the book. We sigh...
...clear, sunny morning in New York City, eerily reminscent of that morning almost exactly two months when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. In this quiet Queens neighborhood, four houses were destroyed, four others seriously damaged, and possibly another dozen sustained slight damage. Injuries on the ground appear to be primarily minor, with local hospitals reporting many cases of smoke inhalation and minor burns...
...book form? The Dolans believe that the most underexplored love story is the bond between siblings. And their book certainly communicates plenty of affection amid the joys and indignities of life in a large family. But without the interaction of the radio show, it comes off as stilted and slight. Good radio inhabits the background; we can do something else while listening. But good books demand all our attention. This one doesn't hold...
...Preparing, but not panicking Americans are concerned about terrorism, and a slight majority (52 percent) believe there will be another terrorist attack in the U.S. over the next 12 months. Anthrax and smallpox both pose particular fears: 49 percent of those polled say they are "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" that they or their family members will be exposed to anthrax, and 46 percent are "very" or "somewhat" concerned about exposure to smallpox...
While en route, we decided to take advantage of the special night and stock up on candy at a local residence. Soggy and disheveled (almost all of my spots were ruined after the Prime Minister’s left water-balloon breast experienced a slight leak) we finally arrived at 33 Elmwood. The large, yellow edifice was surrounded by bulldozers and piles of mud, so making our way up to the main doors was no easy feat. After calling out Larry’s name for a good five minutes (as if he’d really answer to that...