Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although Coach Chase will not pick a winner in advance, the varsity will probably take the ice a slight favorite, since the Bears do not have the Crimson's experience. The best they could do Monday night against BC was to walk away on the low end of a 5 to 1 score...
About a year ago, a comrade appeared at her back door to ask a slight favor: "Nothing dangerous, nothing incriminating, you understand ..." A young girl whose family had been killed in the 1944 uprising was in trouble with the police. Of course, the affair would blow over in a couple of days-meanwhile, could Stavroula keep the girl out of sight? She agreed. The girl stayed on for weeks...
...many cases, thinks Dr. Guthrie, putting oldsters who have slight mental quirks into already crowded mental hospitals is far from the best answer. Besides, some old people now in mental institutions are in good shape compared to some outside. Dr. Guthrie's advice to well-meaning relatives: "As long as an aged person is competent, the best plan of living is his own plan. He will use his past experiences to his own advantage...
Last of all, thanks to the powers concerned for no seating arrangements in middle and upper group courses. For the first time since its inception, co-education is proving its worth. This is no reason to slight the dark meat, plum pudding, and everything else in a Thanksgiving dinner--that would be foolish indeed. But before all men leave their classes and Gather Together, let there be praise, blessings, and amens for the kind official who permitted the Radcliffe girl to choose a seat and neighbor. This is reason for heartfelt thanksgiving...
...perfectly intonated, and technically amazing. When the second voice entered in the Fuga of the opening Sonata, a breathless incredulity came over every listener. In the Presto of the Partita in B Minor, his fingers literally clicked over the strings, picking out every sixteenth note, even giving each a slight vibrate. Loveliest of all was the Andante of the last work. Schneider never overdid the sentiment, and the steady beat of the pedal point through the melody held the music to a moving, but ever-calm reserve...