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Council Chairman Evan J. Mandery '89, who is a voting member of both commitees, was part of the majority which recommended against considering the resolution this semester. But by not voting against it in executive board he allowed it to came before the full council by the slimmest of margins...
...smoke and the toxic fumes that result when polyurethane seat coverings, acrylic carpeting and plastic foam in the seats catch fire. Unlike the lucky few passengers on the JAL flight, for whom rear seats proved a lifesaver, passengers seated in the back of Flight KT 328 never had the slimmest chance of escape...
...long-suffering Soviet consumer will have to continue paying for the inherent contradiction of Soviet society: the desire to be a military superpower while having the economy of a semiadvanced nation. Says Economist Marshall Goldman, associate director of Harvard's Russian Research Center: "The Soviets have the slimmest waistlines in the world. They can always tighten their belts another notch...
...While they battled for first, sophomore Cliff Sheehan found himself in a fight for the crucial third place. As they entered the last couple of laps, Harrison pulled away from Gompers, but Sheehan's gutsy kick was just enough for him to take third by the slimmest of margins...
...paced back and forth, his hands in his pockets, and nervously checked the clock for the fourth time in 10 seconds. Only two-and-a-half minutes stood between Coach Bill Cleary and the first ECAC championship of his career, but the Harvard squad held only the slimmest of margins, and the victory was far from certain...