Word: slightingly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...intention to resign is concerned, I have no such intention whatsoever. I may say that several of you have asked me about that for some time, and in a most delicate and sympathetic way, and there is a slight tone in your voice, as though you were saying, 'Is it true that you have leprosy...
...these votes gone the other way, Prime Minister Attlee would have faced an early general election. The slight majorities, made possible by dragging in sick and ailing M.P.s in what Attlee has called "government by ambulance," had saved Labor. Even as Labor congratulated itself, the government was defeated in a fourth division-on a motion relative to House rules. The vote: 235 to 229. Because the issue was procedural the fate of the government had not been risked and no ambulances had to be sent...
...slight movement of the surface texture, obtained by applying the pigment in short brush strokes, was to give it a certain luminosity and lightness, besides the impression of dynamic suspension, rather than static solidity...
With speeded distribution by plane, train and special truck, few of you should suffer more than a slight delay in receiving this election issue...
Both lines showed surprising strength through the middle, with Dean having a slight edge defensively...