Word: slim
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...point this out, Hollywood, so listen up -- the cockamamie conventions of the thriller genre: the buddy-partner who announces his retirement, then dies violently; the smart female officer who's around for window dressing and romantic relief; the pot-bellied villain who is more athletic than the slim, trim hero; and the mandatory climactic chase, in which the bad guy loads his gun, the good guy careers across town, and the moviegoer checks his watch...
Others fear giant comets careening into our planet while we're not looking. The chances of that are slim enough, but predictions of such events can be made from earth. Moreover, there's not much anyone could do about it once warned...
Okay, I haven't been blitzed by the media in the way that President Clinton's newly-found half-brother has been. But since February, the pickings haven't been that slim, either. I've been quoted in USA Today, on Channel 5 TV in Boston and on BBC radio. I've been interviewed for The Economist. I've talked to two reporters from The Boston Globe (neither of whom quoted me.) And I've fielded calls from a slew of news organizations who simply call up The Crimson looking for help from whomever answers the phone...
Schama's History Department colleagues express the hope that Schama will return after only a short stay at Columbia--chances for which are "slim," in Ozment's words...
...right refused to go away? In Oregon, members of Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition continue to make inroads in the state Republican Party, losing the chairmanship by a slim margin to a "moderate" who is pro-life. That's what you might expect in a state that, once you get past the coffee bars of Portland, is still the Wild West. But in New York City, the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade took place without a gay contingent, a judge having ruled that its longtime sponsors were free to exclude one. The liberal Babylon also decided...