Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity swimming team took a slight lead over Yale and North Carolina State in the race for unofficial team honors in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships at Cornell yesterday. Harvard took two firsts, two seconds, and a fourth; Yale took one first, two seconds, and two thirds; State took two firsts...
...varsity's finish with 13 points was a slight improvement over last year's performance, when the Crimson was eleventh with 8. points. Lehigh won the 1959 team title with 67 points, trailed by Penn State, Cornell and Pittsburgh...
...poetry in this issue is not all obscure. John Hollander's songs, sung by a picaresque hero called Dick Dongworth, are the most notable contribution. Hollander combines a slight air of humor and intense irony to good effect. He varies his rhyme scheme to fit the special tone of each poem, and his rhythm fails only at one point in the last song. Less monumental, but equally effective, is "In Rainwoods," written by an anonymous poet, blasphemously dubbed Sam Hall. The rainwoods contain soft red leopards and a girl and a great sense of wonder...
...Crimson, seeking their nineteenth victory of the season, will rate as slight favorites in today's game. They have shown considerable scoring punch all season, and in their last two games have outscored their opponents...
Hospital officials have reported "some slight improvement" in Cranston's case, but he is still reported as being on the danger list...