Word: slim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...someone's partner in life. Even being in a relationship for a few months can be more than trying. In these situations, we naturally look for help in identifying the problems and figuring out solutions. But how can we expect to find all these answers in one often slim volume of pop-psychology...
...time for an anecdote, leaving him constantly backtracking: "This all came much later" or "But all that came later." And his grasp of English grammar is sometimes shaky. A husband named Mert Perry wakes to the sound of helicopters: "Next to him, the noise also awakened Darlene Perry." A slim, original book resides within Once Upon a Distant War, hard to find but finally worth the effort...
Jawak and his roommate, Chris M. Andrews '96, wore matching curly blond chin length wigs. Andrews showed an impressively coordinated look: a long, slim, black sheath dress with matching elbow gloves and a small black velvet cap with rhinestones, in addition to black fishnet stockings and shoes...
AMONG THE TOP 20 PAPERBACKS on USA Today's best-seller list is The Scarlet Letter--the Cliffs Notes version. Bibliophiles who purchase that slim volume in lieu of dozing over the original will get a much clearer view of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 tale of heroism and hypocrisy than those visiting the new movie adaptation. It's a lugubrious, often ludicrous, wallow...
...hope that, despite the committee's two-year term, some preference is given to students who have already experienced a few years of the Core program. For first-year students, Core offerings can look pretty generous. After a couple of years, however, one begins to find out how slim the pickings can be; we have already complained of the several Core areas that offered three or fewer alternatives in a given semester last year...