Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...series of yacht races, in connection with the crew races, has been started between Harvard and Yale. Last year Yale won; this year every effort will be made to bring Harvard out ahead. Yale has a slight handicap in being so near New London, therefore it is doubly necessary for us to have as many boats there as possible. There are five classes...
...class to be filled out with personal information for the class history. In spite of the long time which has passed since these forms were distributed by the present Secretary, but few of them have yet been returned to him. This is not as it should be. Where so slight an exertion as the mere filling out of a blank is requested, it should surely be willingly granted. The trifling inconvenience it might cause is utterly insignificant when compared with the annoyance which the Secretary must feel if many neglect...
BOSTON, May 9. - Local forecast for New England, Friday: Fair weather, slight changes in temperature, westerly winds...
...college may be pitted against college in scholarly contest, and the resulting element of excitement will win for him the notice of the press, perhaps to a large degree; but so long as he confines himself to quiet, individual work, no matter of what importance, he will receive but slight mention...
Corea has long been a battle ground for China and Japan, and she has received slight consideration from either. For three hundred years the Coreans have paid tribute to China and Japan. In 1875 the Japanese acknowledged Corea's independence, and it has since been a kind of "Monroe Doctrine" that no other nation should control her future. This was one of the strongest motives in the war. Other causes were the maintenance of her commerce and the traditional enmity to China; but the desire to hold the balance of power in the east was sure to bring about...