Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity golf match with Holy Cross and Amherst, scheduled for yesterday, was postponed with one slight change. Weather permitting, the Crimson will face Holy Cross on the home course today, and will meet Amherst on a later date, to be arranged...
...such powerful forces as educational groups, angered by the Lee economy ax, and Republican Party regulars, resentful of his attacks on the Eisenhower Administration. Despite such opposition, and a widely quoted Leeism ("No honest man would want more than one term as governor"), he goes into the campaign a slight favorite over formidable opposition in both parties. Reason: Utahans admire his bodaciousness, regard him as one of the best governors they have ever...
Freud could be charming. His penetrating, attentive eyes inspired confidence. Relatively short (5 ft. 7 in.), and slight, he was unaffected and simple in demeanor. Not literally a wit, he had a lively sense of humor, and often threw his head back and laughed softly in a way that impressed...
...malevolence of Radio Egypt is shocking. The French have radio transmitters all over Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco; why are Britain and France sitting around like simple ninnies sucking their thumbs? I am no expert, but I have had some slight contact with these matters; it does not require a decision in Parliament to overpower a malicious radio transmitter...
Despite a 9-0 loss to the Montreal team in Canada last spring, Crimson improvement plus the home field rate the team a slight favorite in today's game...