Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cornell had grabbed a slight lead at the start by holding its high opening count of 40 for 15 strokes while the Crimson shell settled to 31 1-2 after an initial ten strokes...
...Vice President Barkley, presiding, noted the white-haired Senator's presence and the members stood and applauded. Arthur Vandenberg, who had undergone nine major operations in the past seven months and had not been at his Senate desk since February, rose with some effort, smiled and made a slight...
...made a dramatic contrast. The Emperor was young (then 32), plump, clean-shaven, bland-faced, fond of snappy Western sport clothes. Ho was aging (55), slight (hardly 5 ft. tall), goat-bearded, steelyeyed, usually seen in a frayed khaki tunic and cloth slippers. Ho Chi Minh, too, had gone to France for education. As a young man, he had been sent into exile by the French police of Indo-China because of his family's nationalist agitation. His father and a brother went to political prison for life. A sister received nine years of hard labor...
Cantrell's time was called "excellent" by veteran observers, even though the course was comparatively smooth. Cantrell took a slight early lead and then steadily pulled away from the pack. Ken Emerson of Hollis finished second. His time...
...Crimson will generally hold a slight edge at the plate. With George Chase well out of his midseason slump, and Greeley also beginning to hit hard, the first six men in the batting order will all be long ball threats...