Word: slights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...student, Hollis resident John A. Greene '96, denies ripping down any posters. He admits to kicking a few, but says he says he did not single out BGLSA posters, and did not intend to slight the organization...
...When I ran," recalls two-time Senate candidate and former Missouri Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods, "there was a 10% automatic disadvantage for a woman. This year there may have even been a slight benefit" -- a trend that will not easily be reversed. (See related story in main section...
...know the fans of the Blue Jays. I am one of the many in existence, all across Canada. Greene grew up as a Baltimore Orioles fan. Is there a slight chance she could be bitter about the O's collapse at the end of the 1992 season...
Other problems abound. When electrocardiograms (EKGs) are used to test for heart disease, women more often show some abnormalities. Consequently, many doctors are apt to ignore a slight irregularity in women's EKGs, explains Dr. Gerald Pohost, "unless it is crystal clear the woman has heart disease." Pohost, director of the division of cardiovascular disease at the University of Alabama Medical Center, thinks that the high rate of EKG errors may result partly from the placement of electrodes on a woman's chest -- more difficult to do because of the female anatomy...
...rise in inventories, which could translate as a pile-up of unsold goods. Other figures gave a highly mixed picture: personal income and consumer spending up, durable-goods orders and consumer confidence down. Even mixed news is a relief from the stagnation limned by earlier figures. Politically, whatever slight improvement may be seen comes so late as to be almost irrelevant...