Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Slim Margin...
...eventually Nixon. So Tony Hiss '63 does us all a service with his bittersweet offering Laughing Last, a readable and engaging biography (if it can be classified as such) of his father, Alger Hiss. While the Nixon gang and assorted witnesses and prosecutors continue to churn out bestsellers, this slim volume may be lost in the flood tide of confessions, which is a shame, because Hiss brings a great deal of honest emotion and reflection to his subject, a claim his competitors hardly can make...
Still, the transition from team member to coach can be tough, and West's prospects seemed particularly slim. After all, he was an inexperienced perfectionist with a collection of castoffs that boasted but one real star, Abdul-Jabbar. Faced with this situation, West made a key decision that would have been difficult for someone with less self-confidence: instead of the usual single aide, he hired two experienced assistant coaches. Jack McCloskey, former Portland Trail Blazer coach, directs the Lakers' defensive training; Stan Albeck, who once coached with Wilt Chamberlain and who helped develop Artis Gilmore into...
...chances for the Janata Party to even approach majority status are slim, but the party moved a step closer to challenging Congress rule last week when a powerful political leader, Agriculture Minister Jagjivan Ram, quit the cabinet and joined the party's ranks...
...Slim Pickin...