Word: slights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Problems cited include the slight tenure prospects at Harvard and in the tight academic job market generally; dealing with family responsibilities and teaching loads; poor access to word processing and secretarial services; and incomplete information on research opportunities, maternity policies, and promotion mechanisms...
...Europe show a marked increase in respect for Reagan. The Soviets have made several intriguing comments that suggest they are finding more merit in his arms-control proposals than they ever noted before the election. There are some sage observers in this city who claim they even detect a slight mellowing in Tip O'Neill...
...military has not grown proportionately more powerful in Indian society, nor has it undermined the civilian authority, both of which events have occurred in Pakistan. Indian defense expenditures have averaged between three and five percent of GNP since 1947--nearly the lowest level in the Third World--with a slight downward trend. Also, the military is all-volunteer, and at slightly over one million men it is near or at the bottom of the Third World in percentage of population...
...received that verdict was the picture of joy Tuesday, though there was one slight pall. His wife Nancy was still suffering dizziness after a fall Sunday night at a hotel in Sacramento. She joined the President on a helicopter trip to vote in Solvang, Calif., but tottered as they left the polling place. Then her knees buckled as she climbed down the helicopter steps in Santa Monica on the way back to Los Angeles; Reagan and a Secret Service agent grabbed her arm to keep her from falling...
...fact that the Crimson would need a slight miracle if it is to win this year's Ancient Eight title is also a bit disconcerting to a football player who, throughout high school and through his years on the Harvard varsity squad, has never failed to win a league crown...