Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MILWAUKEE: The South Side of this large city (pop. 717,000) is the middle of Middle America, with a tavern on every corner. The families are mostly blue-collar, third-and fourth-generation descendants of Poles, Italians, Germans and Serbians; they gave George McGovern a slight majority. South Siders talk about many things: family problems, rising truancy in schools, soaring property taxes, baseball and-a poor fifth-Watergate...
...street, memorized the license, went home and wrote the number down. Traced, identified by the girl and convicted, Alvin Breaux appealed. The court found that the words used were not constitutionally protected free speech because they were "no essential part of any exposition of ideas and [were of] slight social value." Nor was "obscene and vulgar or profane" too vague, said the court; the law simply bans language that "would clearly offend a reasonable person's sense of decency." The court did not consider whether the legislature could have achieved its purpose, with fewer constitutional hazards, by directly banning...
...from the town. Antoine's jovial drinking in his store contrasts with his reprehensible neglect of his duties at the end. My Uncle Antoine is one of the most accessible of complex works, full of captivating imagery, often most expressive when the dialogue is most scarce, maintaining a slight air of frivolity at all but the blackest moments--and containing a depth and energy as welcome as it may be unexpected...
...Crimson bulge in the field proved to be just enough. Harvard dominated the weight events as Jay Hughes swept the hammer and the shot, Vincent Vanderpoole-Wallace, despite a slight leg injury, took a first in the long jump, and Mel Embree continued his winning ways in the high jump...
Harvard won as expected in the pole vault. Blayne Heckel tied the meet record at 14 ft. 6 in. Vincent Vanderpoole-Wallace, also hampered by a slight muscle sprain, did not place in the long jump and was scratched from the triple jump. Wallace's absence was not detrimental however, as Leon Sharpe won both jumps for the Crimson...