Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...takes but a slight defect in a ski to make skiing much more difficult than it should be. For this reason it is most important to examine a pair of skis thoroughly before taking them out of the shop. Then when one has selected a pair that meet the requirements of a good ski, it is equally important to keep them in good condition. A new ski should be well treated with linseed oil and allowed to dry about ten days before using. The linseed oil should be applied warm and rubbed on both sides of the ski with...
Because of the peculiar physical properties of he latex rubber, the cured balloon can be expanded with a very slight pressure to at least 16 ft. in diameter before it bursts. In the expanded balloon the latex rubber is stretched so that its thickness is in the neighborhood of .00006 in. It is their ability to expand to such great size that makes these balloons so well-adapted to stratospheric work...
...that he will not deliver a fireside broadcast on Christmas as King George used to do (TIME, Jan. 5, 1935). Last week efforts to persuade Queen Mary to fireside on Christmas brought an intimation of refusal from Her Majesty. When it recently became known that she had suffered a slight chill. Lloyd's again raised their already sky-high insurance rate against postponement of the Coronation. The death or grave illness of the Queen would, of course, upset all Coronation plans. Last week Her Majesty's health did not figure in dispatches but Lloyd's again raised...
...Hearst: "My immediate purpose ... is to suggest that you retire from active journalism. You are an elderly man. . . . Why not turn over the reins to someone else and enjoy the sunset years? . . . Things are going rather badly for your daily newspapers. . . . Even in cities where your papers have shown slight [circulation] gains, their competitors have run away from them by many thousands. . . In advertising revenue, also, your papers have not been doing so well. ... A special problem for you has been created by your present attitude toward union labor. . . . When, however, your own reporters and editors tried to improve...
...announcements, the Student Council grant of $2,500 and the projected clothing drive annually serve to bring Phillips Broks House before the public gaze. This week both events are once again causing a slight ripple on the placid surface of undergraduate life. The ripple is, however, but a suggestion of the busy activities carried on by this organization...