Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Truth. Sol Levitas, who has been executive editor of the New Leader since 1930, is a slight, mustached man with a melancholy air and beseeching eyes, enough patience to sit for hours over a chessboard or fishing line, and enough ready wit to cajole or browbeat articles out of reluctant writers. Whenever they are so bold as to bring up the subject of money, Levitas tartly replies: "Don't expect to profit from the truth." To help pay for printing what he considers the truth, Levitas periodically wangles sizable cash contributions from sympathetic conservatives and such labor leaders...
...race, Princeton grabbed a slight lead and settled into a 38 beat which was sufficient to hold off the Crimson's spurt in the sprint. This week, the J.V. times were substantially below the varsity's as against the season's first race when poor conditions slowed down the first boat. Princeton finished in 9:21.2, Harvard in 9:25.4, M.I.T. in 9:41.6, and Rutgers...
...freshman race had been over one stroke sooner, the Engineers would have won by four feet; if it had gone one stroke farther the Crimson would have won by the same margin. As it was, the two crews crossed the line bow to bow. M.I.T. held a slight lead through most of the race, but Harvard stroke Pete Bullard upped the count from 32 to 40 to bring his boat into a fast, smooth finish. The time...
Holy Cross will be a slight underdog when it meets the Crimson golfers today at the Belmont Country Club. The match is the first between Harvard and the Crusaders in several years...
...improved fielding and base running shown in the Holy Cross game will mark the Cantabs as slight favorites. Against the Crusaders the "rookie" infield played faultlessly, while Huntington and While again hit safely...