Word: slimming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that they hope will show that the Belt is either unneeded or ill-planned. In addition, they seek to mobilize popular support against the highway. Doing either of these things will be difficult, but even if it does succeed, the prospect of the Inner Belt's being scrapped remains slim. One must reckon with the facts: both state and federal highway officials are highly committed to the road; Gov. John A. Volpe is solidly behind the highway; and thus far, the opposition has lacked both the breadth and depth to convince any pro-Belt politician that his political salvation lies...
...slim, tense 24-year-old makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall with the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor. The conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, takes the tempo slowly, deliberately. Horowitz's fingers are like coiled springs of Russian steel; they tear with trip-hammer speed and force across the keys, and in the last movement he arrives at the end four measures ahead of the orchestra. The audience roars its affection for the impatient pianist; it is the beginning of a lifelong affair. Even the crusty Beecham cracks a smile. Paderewski calls Horowitz the best...
...agreeing and much of I Corps in rebellion against Saigon's control, Thich Tri Quang prepared this week to fly back home as a "peace envoy" to Hué, where lies his chief strength. Whether as peace envoy or missionary of discontent, he will more and more bear on his slim and restless shoulders the welfare and continued viability of South Viet...
...slim majority favored a proposal to drop the present non/credit sophomore tutorial and expand the present junior tutorial into a two-year, more specialized course...
Sophomores Jim Sersich and Bob Lincoln combined to hold the slim lead the rest...