Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...told her exactly what she must do, and 33 before she left her parents to do it. In the meantime, she seemed to live the typical life of a girl born in upper-class Victorian society. Her father was a rich dilettante, her mother a society figure. Florence, a slight, willowy girl with chestnut hair, sparkled at parties and balls, traveled on the Continent. She had a rush of eligible suitors, including young Richard Monckton Milnes, socialite, poet and philanthropist...
...important point is that athletics, as a part of the "whole man" education, must be an end in themselves and not be operated either as a business or as a sideshow. Slight deviations from this standard may seem harmless, but there is no difference in intention between them and the outright purchase of football players. Even "traditional rivalries" are more expendable than education, and should not become the criteria of a football policy. If a traditional rival prefers the rarified air of the Top Ten to strict compliance with the rules, then it is useless for Harvard to attempt...
...there was a long period when Princeton was off the Crimson schedule, partly because of its alleged emphasis on football. Of the other teams, we are on even terms with Brown and Yale, Dartmouth is said to be retrenching its athletic program somewhat, and Columbia has only held a slight edge over us in the past three years...
Comparative scores give the visitors a slight edge. St. Paul's defeated Exeter, 3 to 1, while the freshmen tripped the Red, 4 to 2. Andover succumbed to St. Paul's, 2 to 0, and to the Crimson...
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Co., which boosted its sales of trucks, power equipment and refrigeration products to make up for a slight dip in sales of farm implements and tractors, had a record net of $66.7 million v. $61.2 million...