Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that "China watching is a misnomer. It has really been China reading until now." Barred from the country, most Western newsmen have relied heavily on the voluminous material published and broadcast in China, and on intelligence analyses of events behind the Bamboo Curtain. Though Peking has now allowed a slight parting of the curtain, understanding Ping Pong diplomacy, its genesis and potential, still demands depth reporting from the periphery of China and from other continents...
...another. The burden, however, appears to lie with the speaker to avoid inciting to riot or using language that would cause an average man to fight. According to a Note in the Harvard Law Review (1967), "If the varying nature of audiences can be taken into account, very slight taunting may be enough to withdraw constitutional protection under some circumstances." The mere appearance, however, of a speaker in a community unfriendly to his views is not evidence of provocation. When violence or disorder result solely from audience hostility, the police must ordinarily seek to restrain the crowd, not arrest...
...knows as well what to expect from Sagan by now, a fact that has led to a certain amount of critical condescension. But what she delivers, though slight, is well made, wise and often funny entertainment, a relatively rare product these days...
After one weekend of play. Penn has lost three matches to the top trio, and Yale has a slight lead after a 5-2 victory over Dartmouth. The Crimson faces its toughest Ivy match tomorrow against...
Indicative of the strength of this year's varsity boat is the fact that the highly rated Brown heavyweight crew, although rowing into a slight headwind later in the afternoon, took 11 seconds longer than the Crimson lights to cover the course...