Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doubt the editorial was a slight oversight, as it was inconsistent with previous high standards. Sincerely, Malcolm Jenna...
...rare and curious burls from which the gaudiest veneers for furniture are made result from a tree disease somewhat similar to boils. Nobody knows what causes burls, as nobody knows what causes cancer. They form most often underground where the roots join the tree. Burl diggers notice a slight swelling of the trunk at the ground level, dig down, chop off the roots and lift out the burl. The surgery required for burls above ground is more simple; they are just sawed...
...conducted the Boston Symphony. From what can be ascertained in the Glee Club rehearsals which Mlle. Boulanger has directed, she is not quite so skillful in the actual mechanics of conducting as she is brilliant in her verbal explanations of the effects she desires. Consequently there is a slight feeling of insecurity among the undergraduate singers which would probably not be felt by the members of a professional orchestra...
...native of France, the Crimson coach, who still talks with a slight accent related yesterday how he won his first competition 40 years ago in Paris. Coming to this country in 1909, he worked in New York, fencing on the side for the N. Y. Amateur Fencing Club...
...addition to Doyle, John Kelly, Peter Pratt, Bob Malone, Tony Galluccio, Chief Boston and Bob Fulton reported as catchers. With neither of last season's regular backstops returning, this position is wide open, with Fulton, Yardling captain a year ago, having a slight pre-season edge...