Word: slight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Interest in the Senate hearings was so slight, however, that Senator Bone was the only member of his subcommittee present. Undaunted, Dennis Chavez, whom Co-Sponsor William Gibbs McAdoo credits with originating the bill, emphasized the importance of San Diego as the station site. He explained that San Diego would click with Latin-American audiences on account of its Spanish name, that a station at the San Diego Naval Base would be useful to the Navy...
...sorry, I must be in the wrong room," apologized a slight curly-haired prowler to Dewey K. Ziegler '41 when the six-foot Yardling was aroused in the dead of night a month ago by sounds and light in his room at Wigglesworth Hall...
What is represented by the term "the Classics" in this University is a dull joke in the minds of too many of its students. Most of them have memorized and forgotten the slight vocabulary necessary to turn a given amount of Cicero into English and thus distinguish themselves by the degree of Artium Baccalaurcus from their unlearned brethren of the S.B. The pursuit of the Classics as a four-year course of study is definitely exotic and the expression "dead languages," uttered in a tone of contempt, illustrates the depths to which this subject has sunk...
Harvard and Yale track teams, Varsity and Freshman, are tapering off today for their annual dual meet occurring in the Harvard Stadium this Saturday. Always a day of supreme effort, the customary close combat is expected with Yale a slight favorite for the second year...
...Lightbody-Foster race was as tight as expected. Lightbody held a slight lead to the finish and won the race in 48.4 Foster of Dartmouth was second, with King of Harvard bringing up third in the good time...