Word: slim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chances for either action are slim; with all the contradictory pressures and emotions aroused by King-Anderson, most House members are very willing to let it rest in Ways and Means. As for President Kennedy, he feels he can hardly lose, no matter what happens. If the bill passes the House, he can claim a great victory. If it does not, he intends to heap all the blame on the Republicans, even though he has a lopsided Democratic majority. Last week, in an all-out effort to make the nation aware of its efforts, the Administration gave the A.M.A...
...keep few fishes, Who is that rose in that blind house? And all slim, gracious blind planes are coming, They cry badly along a rose, To leap is stuffy, to crawl was tender...
...marked weakness on the left side of his body. "Recovery from the brain damage is likely to be a slow process, and there is a possibility that full recovery of function in the left arm and leg will not take place." What it meant was clear: only a slim chance remained to repair the shattered pieces of Moss's brilliant racing career...
...Cleveland Indians have emerged in last year's doldrums to take a slim league lead, despite a shaky piching and the lack of reliable power at the plate. Beyond right-hander Dick Donovan who has supplied six of the 17 victories, the staff is not strong, and the return from the Army of Grant is necessary if the Indians are to continue to figure in the pennant race...
Headlong military mobilization of Indonesia's slim resources has thrown the economy into chaos. The country's hard currency and gold reserves, estimated at $300 million, are exhausted. The black-market rate for U.S. dollars has climbed 100% in eight months. The price for once-plentiful rice has trebled in three months. In wide areas, famine is raging, and troop rations have been slashed to rush food to the people. Thousands of people were suffering from malnutrition, and near Djakarta 70 were reported dead of starvation...