Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Slim Money...
...slim blue brochure that falls open like an accordion to reveal a thumbnail photo on each of its rectangular faces (among these are Bok, the chair's namesake George Seferis and an ancient Greek coin labeled "The Cost") was printed this summer. Apparently, that's about the extent of Harvard's participation in the campaign for funds. When asked if the University Development Office was actively arranging for the chair, Charles D. Thompson '48 replied that "actively is a funny word; my office is handling a lot of programs at this point" and conceded that, unlike with other programs...
Though potential issues abound, the chances are slim that much will become of them. "I've never seen such a quiet campaign in Cambridge," three-term Councilor Clinton said last week. "For the first time in my memory, there are no serious threats among the challengers, and the small number of candidates is going to help the incumbents...
...conservative line. After the breakfast meeting, Ford went back to the hotel and, right on schedule, left at 9:55 to walk a block to the California state capitol, where he had a 10 o'clock appointment with Governor Jerry Brown. At about that time, a small, slim woman wearing a bright red, full-length gown and a matching turban asked a policeman on the street between the hotel and the capitol if the President was coming. He made a noncommittal reply−and Squeaky Fromme waited...
...Brown University but began racing professionally in 1966, and quickly built a reputation as a cool, pleasant, almost error-free technician. After winning several major events-including the Indianapolis 500 in 1972-and more than $1 million in purses, he quit driving briefly in 1974, then slipped into the slim cockpit of a Formula One car this year in pursuit of the one trophy that still eluded him: a major Grand Prix victory. "That last lap," he said during his short retirement. "I really didn't want it to end; I wanted...