• Mr. Schmitz tends to use his slender-nibbed fountain pens for tasks like marking up a spreadsheet.

    WSJ: Jan-Patrick Schmitz of Montblanc on Choosing the Right Pen

  • The society's researchers will now carry out further tests from feathers of slender-billed curlews held in museums.

    BBC: Slender-billed curlew, WWW

  • The slender-billed curlew is so rare that only one nest has ever been discovered and that was more than a century ago.

    BBC: Slender-billed curlew, WWW

  • The three species most seriously affected by diclofenac are the oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), the long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris).

    BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Bird groups hopeful on vultures

  • At that point they were back on course for the finals with only a point required, but Croatia struck again -- and Russia confirmed their qualification with a slender 1-0 victory in Andorra.

    CNN: Croatia crush England Euro dreams

  • But despite their dominance, the Ospreys failed to capitalise - Hook missed a 35th-minute penalty attempt, while Leicester just about cleared a Williams chip into the try area - and they had to make do with a slender one-point lead at the interval.

    BBC: Ospreys 23-6 Leicester

  • It had a movable mechanical arm with a slender proboscis-like pipette at the tip.

    NEWYORKER: Snacks for a Fat Planet

  • Derry enjoyed a slender 1-12 to 1-10 advantage over Cavan in their game at Breffni Park on Saturday night.

    BBC: Queen's and Derry secure Dr McKenna Cup victories

  • An O'Gara penalty five minutes before the interval gave his side a slender one-point advantage at half-time.

    BBC: Munster 27-19 Glasgow

  • But playing partner Havret was also making up ground fast and McIlroy had a slender one-shot lead as the played the 18th.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Jose Mourinho's Inter team hold a slender 1-0 lead going into the second leg on Tuesday, which will be played on CSKA's artificial pitch.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Meanwhile, Richard Sterne of South Africa has a slender one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Italian giants travelled to London with a slender 2-1 lead and Mourinho ditched his normally defensive tactics with an attacking formation that reaped dividends.

    BBC: Jose Mourinho proud of 'perfect' Inter show at Chelsea

  • There is also racing of purebred Arabian salukis, the slender sight-hound that is one of the world's most ancient breeds of domesticated dog, as well as handicrafts displays.

    CNN: Head turners of the desert: A camel beauty pageant in the UAE

  • So how did a slender 33-year-old woman in panther leggings, with one short story to her name, get teed up to be the next big thing in publishing?

    WSJ: Growing Up With a Panther Mom: Taiye Selasi

  • Hamilton had gone into the Singapore round with a slender one-point lead over Massa having failed to overturn his demotion from first to third in the Belgian Grand Prix.

    CNN: Alonso wins after Massa pit stop drama

  • If Arsenal had been three up I suspect he would have left Eboue on but Wenger admitted he had become "a danger" as his side protected a slender 1-0 lead.

    BBC: Alan Hansen's column

  • The result is the worse possible preparation for Inter, who travel to Mourinho's former club Chelsea in the Champions League last 16 next week, holding a slender 2-1 advantage from the first leg at the San Siro.

    CNN: Ten-man Inter crash to defeat at Catania

  • The argument that Obama's slender re-election majority is better than Bush's rests on demographics--on the observation that the Democrats do better among racial and ethnic minorities and unmarried women, population subgroups that are increasing as a share of the electorate.

    WSJ: The Evanescence of Majorities

  • Ferdinand trained with the United squad on Monday morning and manager Alex Ferguson later told CNN that his central defender could line up as they try to defend a slender 1-0 lead from the first leg at Old Trafford last Wednesday.

    CNN: Man Utd and Arsenal get injury boosts

  • But the Dragons held on to their slender one-point lead for another 20 minutes and eventually got a rolling maul try when they pushed the visiting eight back over their own line, with flanker Sowden-Taylor getting the congratulations from his team-mates.

    BBC: Dragons 18-12 Gloucester

  • Other Internet sites already compete with the advertisements that Indian families place in the newspapers, requesting fair-skinned, slender, domesticated, convent-educated Brahmin girls in their early 20s for their 30-something, tall engineer sons with a five-figure salary.

    ECONOMIST: Wedding bliss

  • Midway through the second half Caerphilly were punished for off-side and Mitchell took advantage by sending over a penalty to give Vale a slender, one-point lead.

    BBC: Ebbw Vale (12) 22

  • And boy, it's a slender, feather-light phone with a glossy backing that come sin both black and white.

    ENGADGET

  • Lanzmann got hold of a paluche, or paw, a slender, stick-like video camera newly devised by the innovative designer Jean-Pierre Beauviala.

    NEWYORKER: Witness

  • At the Safari Club, a place in a Fort Lee strip mall, he met Diane Kim, a slender, long-haired Rutgers college student who worked there.

    CNN: NIGHTMARE IN NEW YORK

  • By using DiCaprio, and then aging him with prosthetic makeup, Eastwood lets us see how a slender, good-looking young man might thicken and coarsen with years and power.

    NEWYORKER: The Man in Charge

  • Support is provided by slender, jewel-like, X-shaped polished chrome columns placed well inside the building's edge, and the walls that no longer bear weight have become transparent glass screens.

    WSJ: How Less Became More

  • It's all about the skin, each gleaming, crisp scallop of which bears a slender, super-tender cargo of meat and fat (which shouldn't need the hyped-up hoisin sauce it's often served with).

    WSJ: Let Them Eat Fat: In Praise of Fatty Foods

  • They're handsome, slender, well-dressed and a little predictable.

    CNN: Before they got smart: When cellphones were hideous

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