Word: slights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Defensively, Harvard outclassed the B.U. fielders. In spite of a slight wildness, Sprague, pitching his first game of the year, held the opposing batters to six hits, all of which were for one base. He received able support from his teammates. Two errors were chalked up against Harvard, both made by Gleason who was caught napping when Sprague threw to him in attempts to catch runners...
...adoption of an amendment to the Student Council's Constitution once mere provokes a consideration of that body's usefulness. That its functions are not of vital importance is attested by the slight interest taken in the election of members, on an average of only 35 per cent of the undergraduate body casting ballots. The chief reason for this lack of interest is that there is small need in Harvard for the Student Council as it now exists...
...defeating his opponent, a plodding, slight little Bohemian named Joseph Z. Klenha, President-elect Cerny's platform was: "Undesirables must go! Jail for the gangsters and payrolls for public employes!" Elected, he declared: "Most of the citizens are of foreign extraction. They are home-loving people and ask only for peace and good government. They'll get it." They will also still be able to get their beer at Cicero's 175 dispensaries...
Alfredo Codona, world's No. 1 trapezist since the death of Lillian Leitzel (his wife). Slight Gymnast Codona does swings, turns, somersaults with perfect timing, nonchalantly dives into the net when something goes wrong. Only aerialist in the world able to do a triple somersault from one trapeze to the hands of an assistant, he accomplishes this feat sometimes, at other times tries twice and gives up. For the cinema he has done his triple somersault several times: once in Variety, filmed in Berlin's Winter Garden six years ago; once in Polly of the Circus (when he wore...
...Massachusetts, are keeping a sharp lookout for a small bird named "Minnie", sole surviving Heath Hen of the Bay State, and friend of the Harvard gull several years ago. Description of the hunted bird, which tallies somewhat with that of the Lampoon's sacred Ibis, states that Minnie is slight, grey-colored, with pale features and a closely-cropped ruff on the top of the head...