Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jordan said that food prices have remained stable for a long period and that he expects them to decrease in the next 15 months. He also noted that there will probably be a slight surplus from dormitory operations this year...
Dunster House appears to be a slight favorite to capture its second consecutive Straus Trophy, official figures showed yesterday...
...Even a slight change in the Italian government might make any such bequest impossible, he explained. A pro-Communist election would bring into power an unfriendly administration which would probably oppose any foreign control of Italian art treasures...
Despite the danger of total disaster, however, the rest of the crew and all the passengers, including 125 women, 87 children, and 17 invalids, were brought to safety without a fatality and with only 18 slight casualties. Three hundred service men and crew members who were forced to jump overboard were picked up within two hours by nearby ships...
Despite the slight dissatisfaction caused by the paling of Beauty's more spectacular effects, it remains an excellent picture, and a young classic. Like many of his fellow European directors, Cocteau dominates his work. Since, almost by tradition, fairy tales are short on precise or involved characterization, Cocteau could not rely on sympathy to hold the audience's interest on the mystic proceedings. Nevertheless, he grips, and almost strangles each viewer's attention. Nor does he just exploit weird effects. Cocteau's directional touches such as camera angles and positions, lighting and movement of the actors are things that would...