Word: slightly
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Harvard suffered from a slight mental lapse during the third game. The Crimson again dominated early, jumping out to a 6-2 lead. Marist battled back behind superb blocking by sophomore outside hitter Julie Gosewisch, taking a 10-6 lead after a Hildebrandt kill. Harvard recovered to take a 12-11 lead after a Marist error, but the Red Foxes scored the last five points of the third game, winning 15-12 after a kill by junior middle blocker Leigh Shillington...
Saddam doesn't have to duck for cover just yet. Personally, the bombings endanger him little. And they seem to have had slight effect on his power base, though it is tough to judge popular support for the dictator. One year after Clinton unveiled his plans to overthrow Saddam, Iraqi opposition groups grumble that the program is being staged more for show than out of any conviction that the exiles have a chance of succeeding. House International Relations Committee chairman Benjamin Gilman asserts flatly, "The Administration is not very serious...about replacing Saddam's regime...
Students also approved a slight structural change in the council--permitting member-at-large representatives to sit on the Excellence in Mentoring Awards Committee. One member at large represents each division of GSAS and will now be a part of the committee who chooses which professors are honored with GSC's annual Excellence in Mentoring Award...
...policy becomes even more disturbing when you think how far it could be pushed. This same policy was probably used 50 years ago by people who didn't want a black roommate. This same policy could be used for the benefit of anti-Semites, anti-Asians, anti-Catholics. With slight tweaking, any bigot can get roommates of the ethnic background, religious beliefs or sexual orientation of his or her choice...
Gorky's sound will feel familiar to those versed in the acoustic folk-inspired pop ballads of the late '60s and early '70s, with only a slight instrumental and tonal twist betraying the band's Welsh origin. A few of the band's songs have a classical folk ballad for flavor, while others exploit dissonance or vaguely new-age rhythms to add variety to what otherwise could be a monotonously mellow album...