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Word: slighted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today's match will mark the first time a Harvard team has ever played Maryland, a result of Fish's beefed-up scheduling program. Perennial contenders in the tough Atlantic Coast Conference, the Terrapins rate as slight favorites to defeat the visiting Crimson...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: 6-3 Racquetmen in Maryland for Key Matches Against Midshipmen and Talented Terrapins | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

...York Times does foresee a slight adjustment problem for its readers because of its decision to switch to the Pinyin system. Theodore Shabad, editor of the Foreign News Desk of The Times, said yesterday...

Author: By Nancy R. Page, | Title: Yenching May Have to Adopt New Transliteration System | 4/4/1979 | See Source »

With the single exception of the Medical School, which saw a slight increase in the number of applicants, other Harvard graduate schools admissions offices witnessed a national trend away from postgraduate education. The Law School suffered a decline of 7 per cent, and officials at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)--who say they have been expecting a large drop in applicant numbers for several years--report a 15 per cent decline from last year...

Author: By David E. Sanger, | Title: Getting Down To Business | 3/17/1979 | See Source »

After the first few class meetings of fiction I feared that my unknown abilities would stand in the shadows of the deservedly more recognized students whose first papers imparted a slight sense of awe to the entire class. But something turned around after those first few weeks, something I would have to attribute to Diana Thomson's warmth and encouragement as a friend as well as a teacher. My papers started to reflect me as a person and as a writer and I sensed a great deal more feeling and confidence with what I was doing in fiction. I gained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marius's Fiction | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

Time for the finals. This one was close, real close. Conventional wisdom made UNH a slight favorite, but no one knew what to expect from psyched-up Dartmouth, which had never won a play-off game before this year...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Green Line Change: UNH Over B.U. | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

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