Word: slights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...popular Cores (of no less interesting subject matter) at an enviable advantage. I took Science A-16 with 40 people last semester and was greatly surprised when Professor Henry Ehrenreich told me that my spoken English had improved a lot compared to four months ago, "though still with a slight trace of accent...
...misses the comic brio of buffa; instead we have the self-conscious and self-subverting irony of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch. The chaotic ensemble action of the first scene--where the various members of Buoso's family mourn his death only because they fear disinheritance--is only a slight improvement...
JAKE BAKER DOESN'T look like the kind of guy who would tie a woman by her hair to a ceiling fan. The slight (5 ft. 6 in., 125 lbs.), quiet, bespectacled sophomore at the University of Michigan is described by classmates as gentle, conscientious and introverted. His high school librarian, his 4-H adviser, the mother of the children for whom he baby-sat in Boardman, Ohio, all stand ready to attest to his moral fitness. At the university, where he majors in linguistics, he maintained a 3.2 average. Until two weeks ago, he'd never been accused...
According to the Middlesex County District Attorney's office, criminal complaints are filed with the Cambridge Police Department. If Light were apprehended for any offense, however slight he would also face the rent board's criminal charges...
...work produced off-Broadway), it may seem odd to find it putting out the welcome mat for Moliere. Yet the adventurous Roundabout Theatre Company has resurrected two one-act plays by the 17th century French master, dubbed them The Moliere Comedies and fashioned a sprightly, entertaining evening. These are slight, early works by the author of Tartuffe and The Misanthrope, but in a fallow Broadway season, Moliere Lite is better than nothing...