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Word: slights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...statewide public opinion polls by as much as 19 percentage points. Thirteen months later, a September Gallup Poll showed Helms leading Hunt by four points, a 23-point reversal. Today, with less than a week to go before the election, the race is a tossup, with Helms showing a slight, statistically insignificant lead. Even in Wilson, the governor's home county in eastern North Carolina, a local newpaper poll shows Helms leading Hunt, 46 to 42 percent. But the poll's 4.5 percent margin of error makes the race a dead heat...

Author: By Ben Sherwood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Good vs. Evil | 11/3/1984 | See Source »

...even though the Cantabs are slight favorites over this afternoon's first-round opponent, the University of Vermont, they'll need a full 90-minute performance or else they'll be turning their attention towards next year...

Author: By Jfssica Dorman, | Title: Women Booters Begin Final Trek Towards Title | 11/3/1984 | See Source »

...Sikhs, though a small minority of the Indian population, live mostly in the northwestern Punjab province where they hold a slight majority. They currently demand political autonomy for the Punjab and a greater role in the Indian government

Author: By Paull E. Hejinian, | Title: Harvard Professors Speculate About India's Political Future | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...mine was doing commercials and she said to go for it." After some dozen spots for the Madison Avenue set, he landed a role in The Torch Song Trilogy. "I played a battered child who was gay and adopted by a drag queen." He says, holding back a slight smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Portrait of the Artist | 10/31/1984 | See Source »

...case in the straw poll, the survey among Ivy League students showed a slight "gender gap," with females polled saying they will vote for Mondale in higher proportions than males...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: Mondale Support Stronger Here Than at Six Other Ivy Schools | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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