Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Twitchell will be entered by the New England AAU following his performances in the AAU sponsored meet held Wednesday night at the M.I.T. track. He won the 100 and 220-yard dashes with times of 9.7 and 21.4 respectively, breaking both records. Because of a slight tailwind, however, he was not given credit for a record in the century...
...Blockhouse was packed when the two teams started, and as event after event slipped by, Harvard's chances grew. A slight Harvard margin was expected to be wiped out in the longer events, and the meet was considered to be hanging on the relay...
...they turned for the final lap, Hutter gained a slight edge, an advantage he opened up to win the race and the match for Harvard...
When Brannan got down to facts & figures on shortages, it was the committee's turn to get mad. The Secretary, who had once said that the slight amount of grain that had vanished "could almost slip through cracks in the floor," revealed that in the past six years, no fewer than 972 shortages had been uncovered. Most of them (841) concerned Government grain stored on farms and involved a loss of $1,000,000, half of which has been recovered. The rest occurred in commercial warehouses, and involved much more. On such disappearances, said Brannan, the Government...
...practically perfect conditions--calm water and a very slight following breeze--Cornell led from the very beginning. Starting at a 42, the Big Red dropped to a 32 for the body of the race, and went out on the Crimson about a quarter-length. Harvard stroke Lou McCagg, who had started at a 39, dropped to a 31 and then to a low 30 1/2 for the body of the race...