Word: slights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Robert H. Ebert, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, attributed the slight drop to Federal budget squeeze resulting from the Vietnam...
...section contains at least three men capable of pleasing solo presentations. The had on the whole a good sound, but the second tenors (an imperious breed of specialists as difficult to find as second fiddles) were not a match for the firsts in quality. The result was a slight imbalance and loss of clarity in the inner voices...
...effect of punishment on learning, Milgram had subjects shock a "student" (actually a member of the experimental team) when the "student" erred in a prescribed task. Although the "student" never actually received a shock, the subjects were asked to administer the punishment in increasing voltages. The voltages were labeled "slight shock," "very strong shock," "danger: severe shock," and so on, ending with the label "XXX". A high proportion of the subjects actually worked up to administering an "XXX" shock, even though they heard the "student" screaming...
This church of course had welcomed him and his ministry. But we may take whatever slight hopes we can from the fact that it was the young who eagerly sought him out. They know, as this beautiful man did and had tried to tell us, that it is now five minutes before midnight, Not earlier. Five minutes before midnight...
...specimens by from 250% to 300% and developed nearly four times as many potentially grain-bearing shoots. Under 12,000-cycle sound, growth increased from 20% to 50%. Dr Weinberger admits that she is mystified by the increased growth; the energy supplied by the sound waves is far too slight to account for it She suggests, however, that the sound waves themselves may produce a resonant effect in the plant cells, enabling the energy to accumulate and affect the plant's metabolism...