Word: slimmed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chuck Jones is a newcomer to the juvenile genre, but in his field, cartoon animation, he is second only to Disney. Here, Jones has abandoned Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner for Rikki-tikki-tavi and The White Seal (Ideals; $4.95 each). Part of the success of these slim volumes lies in Jones' choice of collaborator: a spellbinder named Rudyard Kipling, who spins haunting yarns of a cobra-slaying mongoose and an arctic mammal growing from naive pup to leader of the pack. But most of the credit must go to the illustrator-magician who makes 90-year-old stories...
...slim win was the second in two weekends, for the aqua men, who nipped Columbia, 57-55, a week ago. But the close calls have not been a source of concern, and Harvard only entered its best line-up in selected events against the Cadets...
...that the ban is lifted, Caterpillar thinks its chances of ever catching up are slim. For severely troubled International Harvester, though, the news was a little bit better. At the meeting, IH Chairman Louis Menk dusted off a contract for a $750 million combine plant for which his company in 1979 had agreeed to provide the engineeering. Said an IH spokesman: "The Soviets indicated they were still eager to go ahead...
...fact, the limited nature of the Democratic victory contained a silver lining for some party members. Tip O'Neill was privately relieved that Robert Michel was returned, because Democrats feel he is not an unbending ideologue. Other Democrats also professed some relief that they did not take a slim majority in the Senate, and thus face having to initiate their own alternative programs. Says Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts: "It's better not to give Reagan a Democratic Congress to run against. And by being in the wilderness for another two years, we will be a stronger party...
...seeking open-discussion with often-frustrated junior professors, students may find support for proposals such as systematic undergraduate advice on tenure decisions. While students' abilities to assess professors' scholarly credentials are often slim, undergraduates can often give valuable assessments of a faculty member's lecturing talents or willingness to devote extra time and energy to working with students...