Word: slights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...press conference in Cambridge on April 22. He was not there at its genesis, and he is still not involved in any of the project's programs. Officially, he is a "sponsor," but the extent of his personal participation is yet to be determined and will probably be slight. However, he does make headlines -- perhaps one too many...
Cherubino's role-a woman must impersonate a boy-is extraordinarily tricky. Peggy Everitt's slight but colorful voice was perfect for the part, and her saucy portrayal of the page clicked...
Early Aid. But if cure is not possible, adjustment to partial hearing is-and "early diagnosis is crucial," says Johns Hopkins' Dr. John Bordley. Sadly, rubella makes that difficult. The disease can also cause mental retardation and slight brain damage. In a child's first year or two, the symptoms of both ailments are similar to those of deafness: the child fails to associate sounds with their sources and respond directly to external stimuli. He will also not learn to talk on schedule. But simple tests by doctors can usually discover whether the cause of such symptoms...
...most of them support President Johnson on Viet Nam, the committee chose to add that "the war has escalated to the accompaniment of an almost unbroken succession of pronouncements that it was going in the opposite direction, or at least that something else was happening." The committee noticed "some slight improvement" in recent months, but in general, "President Johnson continues to hurt his image and his credibility by consistently trying to make the news sound or seem better than...
Such childhood reminiscences are the best part of this slight memoir by Nicholas Roosevelt, whose father James West Roosevelt was T.R.'s first cousin and closest friend. While he brings no new insights on T.R., the author, now 73, nevertheless contributes to history by setting down recollections that nobody else could have supplied...