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Word: slights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...race of the first eights resulted in a dead heat but the second schoolboys combination edged out a close victory by four feet in fast time. The conditions for the races were fairly fast, with a slight wind behind the crews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kent Crew Race Ends in Dead Heat | 4/16/1928 | See Source »

...slight, grizzled, the highest paid conductor in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Toscanininotes | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

...School and a legal education is all about, and more particularly in getting a bit of advice on how to keep from being dropped at the end of the first year. To accomplish this ponderous task is the work of three years, but by way of a slight introduction the Law School Society holds a reception for first year men on the opening night of the Law School. That the first year men were even more anxious than usual for this information is shown by the fact that some 600 of them turned out to hear Dean Pound, Professor Scott...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAW SOCIETY REPORTS ACTIVITY | 4/4/1928 | See Source »

...general, the new plane duplicates the old. It will have slight changes in design: larger fin, larger rudder, larger stabilizer, to insure improved control. Special lights will ease night flying. Like modern automobiles, it will have class as well as comfort: silk mohair upholstery with deep-cushioned chairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: A New Spirit | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

Taken all in all, the present issue is more uneven in its merit than perhaps seems necessary. But at the same time praise for the issue as a whole far out-weighs any slight blame incurred by a few mediocre attempts at humour. If one feels the slightest tingle of the spring tickling the soles of one's feet or the whims of one's mind, then let him haste to make acquaintance with Lampy in his new spring jacket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EASTER FINDS LAMPY IN NEW GRASS-GREEN DRESS | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

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