Word: slights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most modern revivals of Greek plays, the chorus has merely stood and chanted with perhaps slight swaying motion. In my chorus, however, we have developed rythmical dance movements, which I believe approximate very closely those used by the original Greek choruses. It took a long time to evolve these dance movements. My son had to spend several weeks in the British Museum studying the figures on the Grecian vases, before at last he was able to obtain a practical conception of the original dances...
...case the point is far from proved. The evidence upon which the Times bases its argument is at best unsatisfactory and incomplete. The need for extraordinary measures is slight. "Harvard authorities" will probably continue to take action only on extreme and exemplary cases, and the crop of wild oats will probably grow less in the course of time, due to a scarcity of seed, and to an increasing sanity on the part of the sowers...
...recent optimism so frequently expressed concerning the steel industry is relatively, if not absolutely, borne out by current figures of production and prices. Declines in production during October amounted to only 1% in ingot output, and to only 2½% in pig-iron production. Actual tonnage during October was slightly greater than during the preceding September, but this was due to the greater number of working days in the former month. Prices in the eastern section have remained steady at previously established low levels, while slight declines have occurred in the western and southern fields...
...from Buenos Aires stated that I arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, ' in a sulky mood.' Met by a cheering crowd, I fled hastily in my automobile, refused to raise my hat. Later, when I failed to appear at an athletic meeting, the citizens interpreted this as another slight. They marched the streets crying: 'Death to Firpo...
...next week a slight slump came in the Yale play as might have been expected after the Army contest. Maryland invaded the Bowl with a strong eleven which proceeded to cross the Blue goal line twice before the first period had ended. Yale was dumbfounded. Soon, however, the visitors' attack began to break and the Bulldog eleven awoke to the task before it. in the second half, showing another great comeback as decisive as the one against the Army. Yale launched her offensive and ultimately won 16 to 14. But the Blue defense throughout the game was weak...