Word: slights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hood Vaughn, 45, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama and, since March 1965, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. Before his ambassadorial assignment, Vaughn had directed the Peace Corps' Latin American program and will now, as Johnson said it, "return to his first love." 149 Victories. A slight (5 ft. 8 in., 150 lbs.), combative redhead, Vaughn was reared in Michigan, where he spent so much of his youth boxing that he did not graduate from high school until he was 20. He won the Michigan Golden Gloves as a 124-lb. featherweight, logged 149 victories...
Neville scored infrequently in the team's early games, but developed a hot hand during the Crimson's Western trip during Christmas vacation. He credited the improvement to a slight change in his shooting style suggested by Coach Floyd Wilson...
...Committee on Admissions has begun choosing Harvard's Class of 1970 from among 6005 applicants, only a slight increase over last year...
Less Quibbling. While the stores cleaned up, the auto industry, another key to the consumption economy, closed out a record year in which production rose to 9,320,000 units, 20% above the previous year. Because they expect that production in 1966 may lag slightly in unit numbers, all three major companies are considering slight first-quarter cutbacks. Even if they do occur, however, the unit losses will be recouped by bigger sales. More buyers are not only choosing higher-ticket '66 models, but are also adding expensive accessories. Auto air-conditioner sales alone now top $600 million annually...
...Army: No acute problem now; a slight rise in applications...