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...between the 13.3 percent acceptance rate of Asian students and the 17.0 percent rate of their white peers makes this fact undeniably clear. To understand why, examine closely the factors the Admissions Office statement gave for the lower Asian-American rate: a relative absence of legacy parents and a slight deficiency in high school extracurricular activity...
...group taking aspirin had only 104. Moreover, taking aspirin also produced a reduction in the number of cardiac deaths. Still, researchers were concerned that aspirin, which works by preventing clots in the bloodstream, might lead to an increase in certain kinds of strokes; the suspended study showed a slight increase of such strokes among the aspirin takers...
...after Hawking nearly suffocated during a bout with pneumonia, he was given a tracheostomy that enabled him to breathe through an opening in his throat and a tube inserted into his trachea. The operation saved his life but silenced his voice. Now he "speaks" only by using the slight voluntary movement left in his hands and fingers to operate his wheelchair's built-in computer and voice synthesizer...
...Even slight glimpses of the politician stirred the enthusiasm of several Eliot House students interviewed yesterday...
Monahan said the oil from the spill did not reach the Charles River. "Someone thought they saw a slight sheen on the water, but we checked the river thoroughly, and there was no oil in the water...