Word: slim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There he stood, looking like King Hal at Agincourt, a slim figure in gold staring at the enemy over the backs of his crouching linemen. "Haaaay, set! Hup-ah-hup-ah-hup-ah . . ." Back snapped the ball, and the crowd sucked in its breath. What would he do? Now he was rolling right and fading back as if to pass. He slithered away from one tackier, straight-armed another. Downfield, three receivers zigged, zagged, looked back, zigged again. Back and forth he dodged, now trapped, now loose. But there was no pass. In a spurt of swivel-hipped speed...
Politicians rarely want to alienate large numbers of voters, particularly in a year when prospects of victory appear slim, and the success of Goldwater's recent campaign trips indicates he has not only wide but also enthusiastic support. He has attracted crowds everywhere he has gone, even in such northern states as New Jersey where he addressed a fund raising dinner similar to one at which Nelson Rockefeller was featured speaker several months ago. He outdrew Rockefeller in both attendance and applause...
...Harvard sailing team sets sail, as it were, for New Haven tomorrow to defend its Big Three championship. Chances of the Arthur Knapp trophy being aboard the Crimson ship when it returns to Cambridge are slim, however...
...readiness last week when the Bums rolled into St. Louis for a last three-game series with the onrushing Cardinals. Two weeks before, the Dodgers were coasting six games ahead of the pack. But then the Cards won 19 out of 20, and the Dodger lead dissolved to one slim game. For the first time in years, lines of fans stood all day outside Busch Stadium waiting for the ticket gates to open. "We're ready," promised Cardinal Manager Johnny Keane. As for Alston, he would only grunt: "Another game, another series...
...enhance the author's literary reputation. While admitting the difficulties involved in translating Russian, one can hardly term Yevtushenko a great poet, or even a very good one. But then he is most important as a political and social figure, not as a man of letters. And this slim volume, a reflective account of Yevtushenko's first 30 years, does contribute greatly to an understanding of his politics...