Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conscience of all associated with TV or radio, Comic Henry Morgan began stabbing (on NBC's Monitor) at those innocent bystanders known as critics. Said Morgan: "A Broadway critic who reviews a TV play that was expanded for the stage always says, 'This offering was too slight to be expanded.' A TV critic discussing a Broadway play adapted to television always says, 'This offering was too big to be cut down...
...sociologist contended that modern religion, considered in terms of "high-pressure chain prayer" is "sham," and also cannot save mankind. The research center found that the moral changes in 73 people who were converted to Christianity by Billy Graham's "15-minute" method were extremely slight...
Banal's voice droned on like a chorus of cicadas on a hot day until finally there was a statement I couldn't ignore. "Monique, I want you to meet my grandfather, Anatole. My rich grandfather.'' A slight, stooped man came toward me. He was no longer middleaged, but I liked that. I was so tired of these eager boys of 50. His hair, which was greenish white, might have been unpleasant had there been more of it. As he smiled gently, showing his small, even, ecru teeth, I thought, "Ah, he's the type...
Total figures for the Ivy League indicated an overall increase in fans of 5 percent. This season's Ivy games averaged crowds of 20,647 as opposed to 18,600 last year. Playing fewer games in 1955, Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth showed slight attendance drops...
However, the Crimson, with an all-junior experienced first line, rates a slight pre-game favorite, since the P.C. Friars, 75 percent of whom are sophomores, have had early-season practice difficulties...