Word: slim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Murphy trails former Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti by a slim margin in most state polls. State Rep. John H. Flood (D-Canton) and Silber both are expected to come out far behind the two frontrunners in the race for delegates. But if a large number of uncommitted delegates won seats last weekend, candidates will have a chance to woo them to their side before the convention...
...Japanese have a way of making big moves quietly. Only a handful of onlookers stood in the cold one evening last week to watch a slim red-and- silver rocket roar off the pad at the Kagoshima Space Center near Uchinoura, some 940 km (598 miles) southwest of Tokyo. But despite the minimal press coverage and lack of hoopla, the event was a major milestone for Japan's space program. The launch sent the unmanned Muses-A probe on its way to the moon, the first lunar mission since the Soviets' Luna 24 in 1976. Muses-A is expected...
...members dominating the panel, China not only rejected any increase but diluted democracy further by giving extra weight to the votes of the indirectly elected legislators -- those chosen mainly by groups representing such constituencies as business, the professions and labor. Next month Hong Kong will have a last, slim chance to coax concessions from Beijing before the charter is promulgated in April...
...overturning the so-called "conflicts" ordinance--originally passed at an unscheduled meeting of the lame-duck council last month--the new council escaped the more conservative shadow of its predecessor. Although the measure passed by a slim majority last month, the votes were on the other side Monday night with a solid majority of six councillors deriding the ordinance...
...Ultra Slim Fast, for snagging ex-Mayor of New York City Edward L. Koch as poster-child...