Word: slight
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...response to Rasmussen's slight, Muslim activists in Denmark embarked on a provocative campaign of their own. In mid-November, Abu Laban, the country's most radical imam, made arrangements on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Faith to send a delegation of Muslims to the Middle East to publicize the cartoon issue. They brought with them a 43-page dossier that contained the 12 cartoons and three even more inflammatory drawings, not published by Jyllands-Posten but allegedly sent to Danish Muslims in the wake of the initial protests. (One of the images, purportedly showing Muhammad with...
...game would be moving on, leaving a vacuum of talent and experience that would take years to refill. Harvard coach Frank Sullivan looked at the strong freshman class and knew that would be his next shot. The next year would be painful. The following year would be a slight improvement. But three seasons down the line—that would be the next “best chance.” The costly injury to Brian Cusworth, the ugly 4-23 season, and the subsequent return to respectability became the emotional preamble to another possibly historic run. Sullivan spent...
...Harvard’s figures plateaued this year as Byerly Hall netted 22,719 applications for a spot in the Class of 2010.The College received 77 fewer applications than last year, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. The slight decrease in total applicants follows a larger drop-off in last November’s Early Action pool.In an interview, Fitzsimmons tied the figures to last year’s 15 percent increase in total applications. “I think usually when you have one big increase there is a tendency...
...earning a split with the P’s, but they should bounce back in the friendly confines of John J. Lee. 6. BROWN The bottom three teams are really a pick’em, but the Bears’ wins against Yale and Dartmouth give them the slight edge over the other two. 7. DARTMOUTH The Big Green got into the win column the hard way, taking a Saturday night Ivy road game against the woeful Lions. 8. COLUMBIA Another promising start to the season has led to another disappointing plummet to the bottom of the league standings...
...many men looks virile. It looks great. In fact, a lot of women say they like bald men. Or maybe they are just saying that to me.THC: Really? I think they’re just saying that. I think most women are adherents to the distinguished gray or a slight balding. But totality is frightening, as it is in many instances. GT: I ran into one of my students who was going bald and shaved his head completely smooth. He looked like a sort of French terrorist. It’s the Foucault look, I guess.—Staff...