Word: slim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which snapped a six-game non-winning streak for Coach Jape Shattuck's troops--keeps alive Harvard's slim chances of gaining a berth in the NCAA playoffs. The Crimson, now 2-5-1, probably will have to win each of its remaining six games if it is to have any chance of getting one of the two post-season bids given to New England squads...
...process of collecting data from Strindberg's life and from some 75 volumes' worth of plays, novels, stories, poems, essays, diaries and letters, Meyer scatters all the fascinating and self-contradictory clues a reader could ask for. Strindberg emerges as the most deceptive of fanatics. He was "slim and elegant," fastidious in his dress and aristocratic in his bearing, with a "trace of shyness." The great intimidator confessed to being "afraid of the dark," as well as of "dogs, horses, strangers." He did not lack that rarest trait of the possessed, a sense of humor. He loved Dickens. He translated...
...impossible promises do not win victories." But Scargill had the votes, and the resolution to reimburse the miners' union passed by a 55% majority. Kinnock left the delegates with a warning that unless they mend the fissures in the party, Labor's chance for an election victory will be slim. His point was made clear by a poll last week that showed the party trailing the Liberal-Social Democratic Alliance in popularity 33% to 35%. The troubled Conservative government scored only...
Perhaps even Pete would admit that he takes himself a little too seriously in this slim volume. Certainly, he must snicker just a little when he rereads the last line of his preface: "Each story deals with one aspect of my struggle to discover what beauty really...
...sales: $9.5 billion) aims to reverse its fortunes. Last week the Danbury, Conn.-based company dramatically retrenched its operations, announcing that it will eliminate 4,000 white-collar jobs, thereby reducing its work force about 15%. The firm will close several unprofitable plants and make other moves to slim down operations. The large write-offs, which will cost $990 million, will give Union Carbide an estimated net loss of $250 million for 1985, compared with a profit of $323 million in 1984. In a step that could dissuade raiders, the company plans to buy back $500 million of its stock...