Word: slightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...school-boy, reading of him, is likely to imagine him a great brute of a man, whereas he was really slight, with thin lips, jet black hair, keen eyes, and a perpetually courteous air. Like Freidrich Nietzche, whom he most resembles in historical significance, he was an unhappy man. He seemed never to attain his ends, never to be near enough the throne to wield the sceptre, never able to find a champion for his cause. Patriotism devoured him, yet America had her Sam Adams whose name is far from disrepute...
Harry Kidder in the 155-pound division has lost every match this year. Unfortunately he has met some of the toughest opponents in the field of wrestling, and against them the margin of loss has been slight. He proved his ability when, in the M.I.T. match he moved up to the 175-pound class, and won a decision from Lucas...
...teams last met February 19 at the Indoor Athletic Building, a second half rally successfully subdued the Columbia five 86-31. On a foreign floor and immediately after the tough loss to the Quakers, the Crimson may falter tonight, but because of its past record is a slight favorite...
Perhaps the Vagabond was suffering from a slight attack of claustrophobia. Certainly the surroundings were enough to make most people who cared for the great open spaces, mountains, prairies, or the sea, go a bit whacky. Once, when a little tiny boy, he had been taken by his parents to visit the county jail of his home town in Connecticut. It was a dark redbrick building, ivy-clad, and punctuated with tiny windows covered with lattice grille-work in strong steel. There was something bout that window at the end of the corridor of the library that reminded...
...agriculture, that operate at a high level of capacity even when business activity is at low levels, the restoration of profits must come pri marily through higher prices. . . . Recently wholesale prices have declined markedly, yet that decline has been reflected in the cost of living only to a very slight degree. . . . It is clear that in the present situation a moderate rise in the general price level is desirable, and that this rise need not and should not extend to all prices...