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Word: slighted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fresh from a smashing triumph over Army's powerful Cadets, the varsity track team will face Princeton, one of the East's weaker squads, this afternoon at 1:30 in the Stadium. Even if it suffers a slight ledown after last week's all-out performance, the Crimson should have little trouble with the Tigers, and its point total should approach the 100 mark...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Trackmen Highly Favored Over Weak Princeton Team Today | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

...ability to develop the rather elusive quality of "swing" felt in a boat in which men work together perfectly. This, however, is in the nature of a quibble, for the shell undeniably has immense power even when off its top form, yet rowing is a sport where such slight differences can be important...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Heavyweights Open Season | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

...main reason behind this paucity of hits was a brilliant effort by Quaker pitcher Weed. the day before the game, Shepard mentioned that if coach Jack McCloskey started Weed, Pennsylvania would have a slight edge. This prediction unfortunately proved quite true. Equipped with an excellent curve, which was his main pitch, Weed had the Crimson batters constantly off balance, and the Quakers had little trouble with the resultant pop flies and grounders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn Nine Beats Crimson Varsity In Tight 4-2 Win | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

...three or four best teams in New England." He felt that the varsity has a good chance to pick up an important win this afternoon, if the Pennsylvania coach does not start his number one hurler, righthander Dave Weed. Otherwise, he feels the Quakers will hold a slight edge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine to Meet Penn Today | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

...size of the individual school's delegation is getting smaller, at the same time the list of schools sending five or more students (including the bigger prep schools and the better public schools) has undergone a slight shift in favor of the private schools. Thirteen public schools contributed five or more boys to the Class of '58, only nine sent this many to '61. But in the same period, the number of prep schools sending five-man delegations rose from 19 to 25 (with 27 for the class of '60). Although public schools contributed more to '62 than to previous...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

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