Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What confuses the current situation is that some positive elements are present. Last week, after months of stagnation, there were slight signs of movement in the talks between the U.S., Britain, France and Russia on Berlin. Next month the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks will resume; in addition, Russian and U.S. space experts will soon begin consultation on cooperative rescue procedures for disabled spacecraft...
Piratical Hawks. Navigators of the animal world use a wide variety of clues for orientation. Some birds make use of the coastline, the sun or, more commonly, the stars. There is a theory that others are guided by the slight force of the earth's magnetic field. Some animals seem to depend upon old-fashioned topographic features, which they pick up with their own sonar. Eels, according to studies reported by Orr, have so keen a sense of smell that they could detect half a teaspoon of alcohol diluted in 42-mile-long Lake Constance...
Referring to the second professor, who does not wish to be identified, a Cambridge detective said, "His ideas [about the suspect] correspond to the composite picture, except for slight features in the nose...
...Slight colds and injuries have plagued the varsity cross country team this week, but despite these misfortunes, Harvard should be able to top Brown in a dual meet this afternoon in Providence...
There were no serious injuries against Rutgers, and sophomore defensive tackle Ed Vena, who sat out the game with an ankle injury, was running Monday with only a slight limp. He's expected to start against Columbia...