Word: slights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard men will outnumber the Cliffies in the usual wintertime ratio of 4:1, but the rest of the summer students will even out the proportion of the sexes. Males are still expected to remain in a slight majority, however, as they have for the last several years...
...universe is still being formed by particles that appear out of nothing in empty space. When he presented his new gravitation theory to a packed meeting of Britain's venerable Royal Society, he modestly described his work, done in collaboration with Indian Mathematician Jayant V. Narlikar, as a slight extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity. "We are clearly aware," he explained, "that in putting forward still another idea we may be like small boys trying to steal apples...
Splendid Parade. Far from a slight extension of Einstein's work, Hoyle's apple stealing is more ambitious larceny. His new theory stems from the Mach Principle, that the mass* of every object in the universe is affected by its interaction with every other object. Einstein tried to incorporate the Mach principle in his own scheme of the universe and admittedly failed. Hoyle claims to have succeeded...
Other Crimson scoring in the field came in the broad jump, where Aggrey Awori took fifth place with a 23' 5" leap, 11 1/2" short of the winning jump by Maryland's Mike Cole. The lone point was a slight disappointment for McCurdy & Co., since Awori and Ohiri both had qualified for the six-man final...
...likable Tennessee politician, who became a state circuit judge at 32, served 24 years in Congress and was elected Senator in 1930. Frail but craggy in appearance, he struck people as the solidest of citizens. He looked dignified, even saintlike. He spoke with gravity and with a slight, endearing lisp. When he helped put Roosevelt over at the 1932 Democratic Convention, he was practically assured appointment as Secretary of State. He brought to the job a conviction that all the world's ills could be cured by lowering tariffs and living up to the principles of international...