Word: slim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Helms holds a slim lead, due in large part to Reagan's popularity in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans three-to-one. But Hunt is confident that his superior get-out-the-vote organization will make up the difference...
Travis told Law School officials this week that he would apply again, but his chances appear slim at best...
...surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney's office after charges of promoting prostitution had been brought against her, Barrows, 32, had allegedly run a 20-girl, $1 million-a-year prostitution ring, one of the largest known to New York police. In her own way, the blond, slim, plain-faced patrician was as fastidious and thrifty as any of her Puritan ancestors. Recruiting models, actresses, some housewives and students from escort service ads and personal contacts, Barrows conducted grueling interviews. Besides good looks, she insisted upon intelligence and, above all, "eloquence." The chosen few were rated...
...office: THE HOWARD H. BAKER JR. ROOM. Despite last week's chaos, Baker contended that, on the whole, "it's a better Senate now than it was when I came in. There are fewer personal animosities, fewer institutional conflicts." Although he was able to piece together a slim majority on dozens of crucial bills, Baker was occasionally criticized for being too much of a cajoler and not enough of a browbeater. "It doesn't make any difference how loud, or how boisterous, a leader gets," he replies. "You only have certain remedies, short of physical assault...
Vinnie has better luck. Despite a preference for slim, elegant men, she be friends a retired engineer from Tulsa who tours London in Western boots, broad brim hat and plastic raincoat. The cow boy and the kiddie-lit professor make an odd couple, but they have much to offer each other. She helps him research his ancestry; he proves to be an intelligent observer and, in due course, a sensitive lover...