Word: slim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...major purpose of all the influx and indexing is the daily compilation of a slim white 8-in. by 10½-in. document that is delivered to the White House in a black CIA car every evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. It bears CIA's emblem stamped in blue, is entitled "The President's Daily Brief," usually runs between three and six pages of single-spaced type, and covers the key intelligence "get" of the day. At times, it may have included such fascinating data as the results of a urinalysis pinched from a Vienna...
...million for California Standard's 1,500 Signal Oil service stations in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Humble is far and away the leading gasoline seller on the Eastern Seaboard, and the new stations will give it a long-sought boost on the West Coast by doubling its slim 2% share of the market. Humble had previously tried to break in in a big way by buying Tidewater's refining and marketing operation-only to be stopped dead by the Justice Department. This time round, the company is building its own $135 million refinery near San Francisco, which...
Last Friday Harvard overcame a 13-point lead to grab a slim advantage with five minutes left to go, but the Elis'Ed Goldstone tallied a quick ten points to repulse the game Crimson...
Despite his relatively modest demands, which Congress will almost certainly slim still further, Johnson proposed some pragmatic innovations, mostly in the methods by which the U.S. doles out the dollars. He hopes to sweet-talk-or strong-arm-other nations and international organizations into cooperating to help needy nations and, in turn, to encourage recipient nations to cooperate with their neighbors in regional development programs...
With the Crimson holding a slim two point margin in the last two minutes, Heisler -- called Yank because he was born on the Fourth of July -- dropped in a pair of free throws. Then Purdy and Listenbee also canned a pair, and O'Neil chipped in a layup at the buzzer...