Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week, OEO announced the results of the test-a failure. "The overall differences are so slight," said OEO, "that we can conclude performance contracting was no more effective in either reading or math than the traditional classroom methods of instruction." OEO stressed that the findings do not mean that the idea is necessarily wrong, but it added that "an uncritical rush to embrace the concept is unwarranted at this time...
Though prospects for solid economic advances for the rest of this year remain good, a strain of uncertainty in recent weeks has brought a slight dip in earlier forecasts. The main cause: the Government's downward revision of last year's estimated gross national product, which fell $4 billion below expectations, to $1,047 billion. Besides lowering the base from which 1972 starts, the revision also automatically shaves down the anticipated totals for this year by lifting the economy off into the new year on a less sharp curve than expected...
...members of TIME'S Board of Economists pared their earlier growth forecasts. They now expect G.N.P. increases of $91 billion to $100 billion v. earlier predictions of $94 billion to $103 billion. Not all the estimates were lowered on merely technical grounds. Board Member Alan Greenspan sees a slight deterioration in the "quality of the outlook." He cites continued high personal savings rates, less exuberant consumer buying than foreseen in January, sluggish bank-loan demand and slow inventory accumulation...
...first period was evenly played, B.U. gaining a slight advantage with a goal by the Terriers' Peter McCann...
Kissinger's one serious temptation is food-the gooier the better. A slight bulge beneath his satin cummerbund testifies to his indulgence. If he accepts many invitations, he also returns them. Though he loves to make stellar appearances at Washington's celebrity-packed Sans Souci restaurant, he often takes friends to dine at a modest Chinese restaurant, where his patronage is proudly noted on the menu. When he goes to Paris, he likes to bring back silk scarves to give to friends. The less visible Kissinger takes delight in his two children (he was divorced from his wife...