Word: slim
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...Harvard opened the second frame with a lay-up from Flandermeyer, and a trey from Maher to take a slim 34-33 lead, After that, the two teams traded baskets evenly, tying the score 13 times in the second half...
...kidding? We seem to be back to the myth of veritas all over again. And given the slim distinction between curricular and extracurricular for those of us who have spent so many Harvard hours at The Crimson, it should seem no wonder that the academic debates over multiculturalism and "p.c.," over objective truth and professional discipline, seem so closely related to the problems we face as journalists...
...nefarious military-industrial complex, it had never had it so good as it did under Stone's favorite peacenik. For the Pentagon and its suppliers, Eisenhower's massive retaliation doctrine had meant slim pickings, for under it a few relatively cheap missiles did all the work of national defense...
...Prime Minister Bob Hawke, it finally came down to the numbers. Last Wednesday newly released opinion polls showed not only that his Labor Party trailed the conservative opposition, 31% to 52%, but also that his own approval rating was a slim 26% -- down from a 1983 high of 75%. The next day, bowing to party pressure, Hawke put his job up for grabs, and lost it by a vote of 56-51 to the party's former treasurer, Paul Keating...
Harvard shot a paltry .400 (10-25) from the floor during the first half. Maher contributed six of those field goals. She was 6-7 from the field and a phenomenal 4-5 from three-point range. Harvard entered intermission with a slim 27-25 advantage...