Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...relay, consisting of Gary Schmidt, John Maggio, Sam Butler and Joel Peters, took a slim lead over Northeastern in the first leg that widened considerably after Schmidt passed to Maggio. Coach Bill McCurdy said yesterday that Maggio "took off like he was running back to Texas. All they had to do for the rest of the race was hold on to the baton...
...sales of diet books and enrollment in weight-loss programs are any indication, most of the more than 70 million Americans who are overweight are trying to slim down. But, the American Medical Association warns, weight-watchers should reduce with care. According to the A.M.A., two currently popular quick-loss plans offer more risks than lasting rewards...
Harrah, a tall, slim man with a taste for clothes tailored in Beverly Hills and Rome, opened a bingo parlor in Reno in 1937, and has been a winner ever since. One key to his success is that gambling odds inevitably favor the house-a 4% to 7% advantage on slot machines, for example. Still, Harrah takes pains to make losing attractive, like hiring comely college girls as blackjack dealers. But the company's biggest edge is sound management. Harrah's 6,500 employees are organized into 42 departments, which are administered by carefully recruited professional managers. Experts...
...Slim Chances...
While the chances of revenging its earlier season losses to Penn and Princeton appear slim, Harvard should be able to overcome Columbia. The Lions handed the Crimson its third Ivy League loss this fall...