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Word: slim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surely, Black South Africans have suffered enough oppression While the prospects for peaceful democratic change in South Africa look particularly grim in the aftermath of recent violence there it is necessary to remember Steve Biko's word. "Even if the prospects for peaceful change are extremely slim, they are worth investigating...

Author: By Lars T. Waldorf, | Title: Not a Simple Moral Equation | 4/4/1985 | See Source »

Clearly, then, this leaves a slim margin from which to finance a college education, not to mention the pinch and additional college-aged children put on the family budget. But wait, you say, nobody pays lot a college education entirely out of annual income. Why, most of our folks have been saving ever since we could read Dr. Seuss All true, but with higher education costs rising at about 7 percent a year, the fact remains that without some form of federal assistance, the great majority of Americans will be unable to send their children to private colleges and universities...

Author: By Williams S. Benjamin, | Title: Salient Points on Education Cuts | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Police said there were jimmy marks on the driver's side and windows of the car and cited the possibility that a "slim jim"--a device similar to the instrument used to open a car when the keys are locked inside--was used in the break...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Pipe Swinger, Theives Plague Harvard Campus | 3/16/1985 | See Source »

...freshman had shrouded through two Harvard Colgate goalies, while his brother had just one, although Lowell came close on two separate breakaway occasions in slim second make...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icemen Take Aim Over Colgate | 3/8/1985 | See Source »

...concerted effort in recent years, but says. "Unfortunately, one of the qualifications of being on the Corporation is having the time and energy to do it. If you go to a successful Black lawyer, the chances of his-being able to give that kind of time may be slim...

Author: By Peter J. How f., | Title: The Corporation: Who's on It, What It Does | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

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