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Word: slights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...areas of the country possess major league baseball or professional football, but it is only a slight exaggeration to say every state has a contender for this super bowl. In the past two weeks, network and cable- television stations have fairly throbbed with elimination games, often featuring heroic and nameless underdogs with authentic chances. Within 90 minutes of Southwest Missouri State's invitation, a spontaneous pep rally of 3,000 fans lighted up Springfield on a Sunday night. The Bears upset Clemson and almost Kansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Coming to The Four with More | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

...OTHER well-drawn and well-portrayed characters are what make this comedy work, but Gormley also gets mild laughs by throwing in a few don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-'em slight-gags and one-liners also Forsyth. "The language at this school is fookin' atrocious," a student complains to Vic. When a bank taller asks Father Cobb for his identification, he responds with a puzzled look and points to his clerical collar. In the waiting room at the Vatican, there is an Orthodox...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Miracle Worker | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

THERE IS a feasible way to achieve this end, however. And doing so would take only a slight hitch in the computer program that can make or ruin a freshman's life in less than 13 seconds...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Multiple Choices | 3/17/1987 | See Source »

...slight Lane MacDonald or the goalies--but it is the defense which has played the major role in getting Harvard so far this season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adam's Ribbings | 3/14/1987 | See Source »

Saturday, the Crimson came in with slight hopes of a shocker over UNH, but knew that in all probability its first-ever defeat of the heavily-favored Wildcats would have to wait for another year...

Author: By Ken Segel, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Wildcats Strike Icewomen Deathly Blow; UNH Drops Crimson, 4-1, in ECAC Semis | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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