Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said. Amin Didi and some followers escaped from Doonidu and crossed over to the main island of Male. "The news spread rapidly among the populace, who demonstrated strongly against Amin Didi . . . The government had to take action to protect Amin Didi from the populace . . . Several government officials sustained slight injuries, as did also Amin Didi . . . Prompt medical attention was given . . . The shock of this incident undoubtedly affected the already poor health of Amin Didi . . He died...
...slight degree" since writing in the Manchester Guardian Weekly that the U.S. is in for a major slump, beginning this year (TIME, Jan. 11). However, Clark still insisted that there were more danger signals than there were for the minor 1949 setback, and that only a cut in taxes or an increase in Government spending big enough to create a federal deficit of $20 billion a year, would avert disaster...
...opening night last week, Director Balanchine stood in the backstage gloom, a slight (5 ft. 8 in., 145 Ibs.), straight, greying man with a rudderlike nose, wearing a brightly checked shirt and string tie, quietly smoking a cigarette while his dancers gathered in the wings. Nobody paid him much attention, and he made no move to watch the first number-"I've seen it," he said. Nor did he wish any of the dancers good luck. "We don't say anything," he says. "It's bad luck." During the performance, while dancers were bouncing...
Balanchine was a good dancer, but his build was slight for a top danseur noble...
Even if the Crimson manages to check both Schnaitter and Morgan, Howard Hobson's New Haven Quintet Beasts a slight height advantage ever the Crimson at almost every position...