Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...depths of a batting slump, the New York Yankees' hefty Rightfielder Hank Bauer was accused of almost knocking the cover off a well-stuffed (close to 200 Ibs.) Manhattan delicatessen owner. The victim was laid up with a cracked nose, broken jaw and slight concussion. The victim's brother, foggily shifting the locale of the brawl among various dingy recesses of Manhattan's brassy Copacabana nightclub, asserted that Bauer, known to his pals as "The Bruiser," did it. As far as Bauer would allow, it must have been two other guys. The victim, unsure about his slugger...
Compared with the smallest of the Braques, Afro's immense canvases seem slight. They do reflect facility, sensitivity and a highly personal approach, but somehow their content never quite justifies their expansive delivery. On the other hand, each modest Bonnard still-life, like Vuillard's little Woman in Green, voices far more substance in truly elegant chords of brilliant color...
...which the disease detectives studied in detail. Then they did some medical gumshoe work, sent interviewers to every house in town, turned up scores of additional cases. Some victims also had other symptoms, such as terrifying dreams, difficulty in swallowing, and a feverish feeling not justified by a slight rise in temperature. Nearly always there was a letup after a few weeks, then a series of relapses throughout the five-month period of study. Women were victims twice as commonly as men, and their cases were more severe. Inexplicably, there were no cases among children under twelve and few among...
...match is played, the varsity will be a slight favorite, although in the H-Y contests anything can happen. The Crimson's biggest difficulty will be in the middle singles berths, where Yale is rather strong, with captain Ed Meyer, Newell Auger, Mait Jones and Sandy Wiener all very definite threats at third through sixth singles...
...comparative scores, Dartmouth appears a slight favorite. While each team defeated their only common opponent, Williams, by approximately the same margin, the Big Green was much more impressive in the Eastern Intercollegiates, held at Annapolis last weekend...