Word: slightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tells how, abruptly on Commencement Day, his new appointment was announced: "The audience . . . was plainly dazed. . . . Hoover now rose and proposed 'Three cheers for the chancellor!' But few understood why they should cheer at what seemed (to most, at least) a painful separation, and he got only a slight response...
...last year the value of U. S. imports and exports, the volume of U. S. foreign trade, slumped and slumped. The first months of 1931 showed a slight gain, but not enough to recover more than fractionally the shrinkage of 1930. Total exports in March 1931 were $237,000,000 against $369,000,000 in March 1930; imports, $209,000,000 against $300,000,000. Since the U. S. exports about 10% of its goods, and the margin of profit in many industries is 10%, the effect on many a balance sheet is obvious...
...squad has a rest period during the early part of the afternoon, during which some took examinations, and the rest amused themselves with croquet and horse-shoes, which sports are becoming increasingly popular as a form of recreation. Towards evening the slight breeze which had been blowing during the middle of the day died down, and when the crews embarked for the second time the water conditions were admirable...
...Numerous slight touches of decorative artistry and editing make the volume unique. It is far above the ordinary amateur edition standard. The price will...
...last innings of the tilt Harvard added one more run to the total in the eighth, and three more tallies in the concluding stanza, when Ticknor put his bats away for the day after driving out a nifty homer. The losers staged a slight rally in the eighth, scoring their two sole runs at this time...