Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Brode's hard work at forging a left coalition, the Grass Roots Organization (GRO), will probably not net him the votes he so richly deserves. (Except for incumbent City Councilwoman Saundra Graham, the GRO slate candidates for Council stand slim chances against the money of the old-line politicians.) The same is true of the guiding hand behind the formation of the Common Slate, which ran five candidates two years ago. David Wylie stands perhaps the best chance of the outsiders, and a strong youth/left vote could conceivably bring real new blood to the Council, but odds are long...
Code-named Gainful by NATO officials, the SAM6 is a slim (6-in. diameter), 19-ft.-long solid-fuel rocket mounted in a group of three on a tracked vehicle. Thus, unlike the older SAM-2 and SAM3 missiles, which require a permanent base, the new SAM can be moved along with armored forces, providing them with an umbrella of protection that extends from treetop level to an altitude of 35,000 ft. Furthermore, while the Israelis (with U.S. equipment and advice) know how to evade or neutralize the SAM-2 and SAM-3, they so far have no effective...
...polls, however, now show the three parties with about one-third each. There is a real possibility of an even three-way split in the next general election, within the next 18 months. That would give Britain its first minority government since 1929. "There is a chance, just a slim chance that Labor might manage to sneak back to power on the shoulders of those who think it is somehow safe to vote Liberal," warns Lord Carrington, the Tory chairman. "The fact is that a vote for the Liberal Party is the next worst thing to a vote for Harold...
...stunning office on California's Sunset Beach, and when he is there he puts in short hours. Even so, he figures to make $500,000 in 1973. In other words, Joe Karbo, 48, is the prototype for his book The Lazy Man's Way to Riches. The slim $10 paperback, which Karbo candidly describes as "outrageously overpriced," has sold 139,000 copies in the past six months...
...lacks confidence in his own writing ability. It's easier to talk and say nothing than to writing and say nothing. Any lack of confidence he has is justified: cliches are abundant in Cosell. People "grab a sandwich and risk ptomaine poisoning." A fighter "figured to have two chances: slim and none." So-and-so is "all man." A TV show's success "is now history." And, in a class by itself: "Reporters clung to [Ali] as flies are attracted to a wet jelly bean...