Word: slim
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...vote] represents the fact that some things need to change and that we're going to change them," Stewart said at the time of her election. In electing Stewart by the slim margin of 45 votes, students abandoned the liberal and idealistic crusades traditionally identified with college students for a more pragmatic approach...
Lewis also said that since the council passed the bill by only a slim margin, he did not feel he had a mandate to advocate for the change...
...Crimson's accomplishment cannot be overstated. Simply put, it made national history. Even if another 16 seed comes along one day and duplicates the feat, Harvard was still the first. Moreover, the likelihood of another non-scholarship school matching the Crimson's achievement is slim, at best...
...Miller outdid herself 46 seconds later by knocking down the greatest shot of the season--and arguably in the history of Harvard basketball--with Harvard still nursing its slim 66-65 lead. Off of a missed three-pointer by Flores, Feaster grabbed the rebound and rifled a pass upcourt to freshman point guard Lisa Kowal, who found Miller all alone in the left corner. Miller caught and shot, burying the trifecta that extended Harvard's lead to 69-65 and sent the outnumbered Harvard contingent into a frenzy...
Harvard's slim hopes of pulling off the upsetwere dashed in the sixth when Oklahoma explodedfor five runs, all coming with two outs. Velasquezstarted the scoring when she came up with thebases loaded and stroked a base-clearing doubleinto the right centerfield gap to double theSooners' lead...