Word: slim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...longer the illness had lasted, the less likely was it that the patient would recover enough to go home. In the U.S., 300,000 schizophrenics fill about half the mental hospital beds, and after a stay of two years or so, their chances of being discharged have been slim indeed. The new drugs have already begun to change this...
Paris Painter Georges Mathieu appears to be crazy like a fox-one with a particularly long and wavy brush. A slim, trim dandy of 34, he has made a good living as a pressagent. And by adroitly publicizing himself, Mathieu has recently become the reigning darling of advance-guard art, has no trouble selling (at prices ranging from $600 to $3,400) pictures that take only from a few minutes to a few hours to paint. Last week a new exhibition of Mathieu's paintings was on view at Manhattan's Kootz Gallery, and proved...
...standard TV tube, the picture is formed by a slim beam of electrons scanning back and forth across the phosphor on its front face, like a garden hose washing a wall. The Willys tube works on the same general principle, but it has no large empty space. It is made of two glass plates an inch or so apart, with a vacuum between. The electron beam enters from an upper corner. The electrons move horizontally between the glass sheets and stream past metal "deflection plates...
...Cleary passes the NCAA scoring mark tonight, he has slim chance of tying the Ivy League record of 40 points, set in 1941-42 by Dick Rondeau of Dartmouth. He leads the league at present with 33 points in seven games...
Since its loss to the varsity, the Tigers have barely held on to their slim chance of tying for the Ivy League crown as they deadlocked Yale...