Word: slights
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...definitely affect the beef trade," says TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. "The continental European countries are now trying to figure out a way of curtailing the import of UK beef and the whole process will have to be reviewed to comply with European Union trade regulation." Hillenbrand reports that the slight change in the British stance has other European countries infuriated. The British government had always contended that there was no link between beef consumption and CJD. British scientists now maintain that while humans cannot contract the bovine disease, the consumption of beef from cattle bearing the disease...
Advancing issues led decliners by a slight margin on Wall Street, but the Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.54 to close at 5,626.88. Volume was light. The America Stock Exchange market Value index gained 1.05 to 568.32, but other broad-market indicators were down. The NYSE composite index was off 0.14 to close at 348.06; The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was down 1.78 to 649.20; and the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.68 to 1,100.14. Gold at the London late fixing was selling...
Furthermore, I am the first Crimson Ombudsperson who is not also a Crimson executive. This year's editors decided that having a Crimson exec in charge of a column designed to offer an outsider's view of Crimson coverage was just a wee slight conflict of interest. And, indeed, I am not a Crimson executive, nor have I ever comped The Crimson. Until I took this position, I had never even been quoted in a Crimson news story...
Following Bob Dole's recent string of primary victories, a new TIME/CNN Poll shows President Clinton with a nine percentage point lead over Dole. The survey of 826 registered voters has Clinton leading Dole 49 percent to 40, a slight drop from a February poll showing Clinton with a 52 to 39 percent lead. These figures would change significantly if Ross Perot enters the fray, tipping the balance even further in Clinton's favor. In that race, Clinton gets 46 percent, Dole 33 percent, and Perot 14 percent. The good news for Dole? A Dole-Colin Powell ticket leads...
...Monday lecture, Fisher showed the slight difference in the words "the rapist" and "therapist" in reference to a novel he was discussing...