Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...advantage, but at this point she moved hastily, giving Yale a chance to tie the game, which, however, she in turn lost by her twenty-third move. Since this move Yale has offered to call the game a tie. This Harvard declined to do and at present holds a slight advantage...
When the crews took their stations at six o'clock at the Union Boat Club, a slight wind was blowing, but not strong enough to disturb the water. The tide was coming in and everything was perfect for a good race...
...slight change has been made in the management of athletics at Williams, and instead of the manager having full power as before, he is now asked to consult a member of the faculty and an alumnus who, with himself, constitute the controling committee of the particular branch of athletics he represents...
...Harvard won. Chauncy M. Depew presided in his usual happy manner. The judges were Professor Matthews of Columbia, Governor Brown of Rhode Island, and Dr. Rainsford of New York. They announced after the debate that the Harvard men had shown themselves superior to the Yale speakers, but by a slight margin...
...that could be desired. In any criticism of the actors, it must always be remembered that they are laboring under very unusual difficulties. The mere recitation of the lines so as to retain the sense and at the same time conform to the peculiarities of the metre, is no slight achievement. Even this, however, is not the greatest difficulty which has to be overcome. Through about half of the play the actors are accompanied by music, which makes it a very easy matter to fall into a sing-song manner of delivery. That this was so carefully and successfully avoided...