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Word: slight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Collecting does have its hazards. Newcomers can be burned by disreputable dealers circulating fakes. Often a piece that is selling at a slight discount is actually a restoration or, worse, a conversion doctored up with carving or different feet to pass for a more desirable design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Glow of a $12 Million Desk | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...avoid injury. But recent Army studies indicate that women's physical strength develops rapidly during training, and as Meredith Neizer, head of a Defense Department advisory committee, notes, intelligence and technical skills are also important to a soldier: "Modern war is fought in a variety of arenas, and the slight physical differences don't have to play a role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fire When Ready, Ma'am | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

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