Word: slim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Considered by many the finest Harvard team in several years, the only signs of such quality came in the game's first few moments, when the cager held a slim 6-4 advantage. After that, the hosts put an old-fashioned military shipping on the visitors...
...ideas where and when they can. Free speech and the debate of ideas has never been the real linchpin of our political system. The current administration expresses its view of democracy starkly by stating that it has a mandate from the American people, though it was elected by a slim margin. Administration officials also said that the half-million protestors in Central Park last year would not impact its nuclear arms policy, holding that elections are when we make choices. Are we then to be mute, wide-eyed observers, pulling a lever every four years...
...must often put in 60-hour weeks in order to keep up with the mountain of work. But even after seven or eight years of such drudgery ("like researching U.S. postal regulations ... or comparing the Delaware nonprofit corporation law with that of the other states"), there is only a slim chance of becoming a partner. To beat the odds, one need only be "the hardest-working, least-likely-to-screw-up, most anal, puritanical grind since Cotton Mather...
Grenada's chances of prospering under the junta's control are slim. Austin, 45, is a one-time prison guard with few visible qualifications to head a government. His sole academic credential is a correspondence degree in construction engineering. Though little was known of Austin's political connections, the Reagan Administration was fearful that last week's coup had been inspired by Cuba or the Soviet Union. Grenada lies at the heart of vital sea-lanes, and Administration officials have long claimed that the Soviets plan to turn the is land into a strategic base that...
...example, managers say they recently beefed up the quality of their meat: "We use 3/4 pound. 100% pure Black Angus beef a sign above the counter boasts. Quantity meets quality in the "slim burger," a 3/4 pounder with everything on it. French fries, for 75 cents, are thick and "corrugated...