Word: slimmer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time passes, the chance of racial compromise seems to be getting slimmer. Scarcely two months ago Western leaders still hoped to persuade Botha to release Black Leader Nelson Mandela, who has been in prison for 24 years. Now some Afrikaners are agitating for the arrest of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel peace laureate who is due to be installed on Sept. 7 as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in southern Africa. Two weeks ago Manpower Minister Pieter du Plessis gave Tutu a "friendly warning" that his calls for sanctions against South Africa "border on high...
Since 1950 the body weight of women between the ages of 20 and 30 has been increasing, yet the ideals for women have been decreasing, says EPO co-director Julie M. Mihelich '86. "Women are biologically heavier, but [are under pressure] to become slimmer," she says...
...slim chances of snagging one of 10 in the NCAA Tournament grew slimmer...
According to Mihelich, since 1950 the body weight of women between ages 20 and 30 has been increasing, yet the ideals for women have been decreasing. "Women are biologically heavier, but [are under pressure] to become slimmer," she says...
...does not take a great deal of skill, however, to do so in today's - deregulated skies, where profit margins keep growing slimmer and the competition keeps getting tougher. To survive, several airlines have been seeking merger partners. Only last year, after an earlier brush with default, Eastern discussed the possibility of a merger with...