Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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George Voinovich, 44, is a shy man who shuns the headlines. Yet late last month, after a year and a half in city hall, the slight, sandy-haired Republican mayor of Cleveland indulged himself in a bit of well-earned whimsy. At a Cleveland Indians' home game against the New York Yankees, Voinovich showed up wearing a garish T shirt under his neat sports coat. NEW YORK'S THE BIG APPLE, proclaimed the shirt, BUT CLEVELAND'S A PLUM. Breaking out in a sheepish grin, he then tossed a real plum to the Indians' catcher...
...first glance Pittsburgh Mayor Richard Caliguiri, 49, appears to be the very model of a modern civil servant. Indeed, he served 15 years with the parks and recreation department before getting elected to the city council in 1970. Slight (5 ft. 6 in.) and unobtrusive, he has the muzzy charm of a maitre d' and avoids controversies as if they were fatal diseases. As a Democrat in a city where his party has a 5-to-1 lead in registrations, Caliguiri (pronounced Cal-i-jeery) would be favored for reelection. But the diffident mayor is so popular that barring...
Another part of her appeal is pure show biz. As a star platform personality, Jungreis comes on in flashy outfits of white, black or electric purple, wearing spike heels and heavy eye makeup. All that plus a slight Hungarian accent and blond wig make her look and sound a bit like Zsa-Zsa Gabor. Staid rabbis are sometimes scandalized by her delivery, which ranges from a concerned whine to a dramatic whisper. But lay listeners are held spellbound by her blend of polemics and pizazz. Sometimes they weep openly as she speaks about the possible fate of Israel...
...addition to possible future problems with delaying repairs, the overcrowding of houses may accelerate deterioration even more in years to come. Thomas A. Dingman '67, assistant of the College for the House system, explains that a "slight falling off" in the number of undergraduates taking annual leaves of absence along with larger classes due to more high school students accepting admittance in recent years has causel a housing shortage. The College has placed a proportionate number of the additional students in each of the residential houses, Dingman says, and the additional use of the facilities wears on the Houses...
...pictures made by injecting a radiopaque substance through a thin tube inserted into the heart or coronary arteries, provide more accurate information about constrictions in the coronary arteries. But the technique is costly (about $2,000) and usually requires a two-night stay in the hospital. It carries a slight risk: one of every 1,000 patients dies from the procedure...