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...have had a little excitement here for a few days past, occasioned by a skirmish between some of the Southern law students and the members of the senior class in college,” Hayes wrote in 1844. “It has resulted in a few slight bruises, the loss of a few soap-locks [greased long sideburns, in fashion at the time], and the expulsion of one or two from each department...
...judges thought Tsim was well spoken. “I liked the idea that it was Vanity Fair crossed with Bollywood,” Parent says. But they were disappointed by the slight puckering at the seam, a result of an unfortunate choice in fabric...
...Come on, come on,” a girl of slight build prods her friend, who has yet to lead the foursome...
...Clinging to a narrow lead in Ohio, perhaps the most closely contested state in the nation, Obama continues to perform best with women of all races, who back him over McCain by 55% to 43%, a narrow but crucial lead and a slight improvement from a week before...
...next speaking engagement, an address at a university in Baroda in western India where he expected a crowd of at least 8,000. It is hard to imagine any author - besides, say, J.K. Rowling - as the object of so much adulation. In his rumpled white shirt, and with a slight paunch and wire-rimmed glasses, Bhagat looks much more like an overworked investment banker (in fact he is one, and has been for 15 years) than a best-selling author (which he has been for the past four). The success of his first book, Five Point Someone, a campus novel...