Putting the slight service decline in economic context, the airlines are doing a solid job, even though the percentage of on-time arrivals has continued to slide since the AQR numbers were compiled.
The New Yorker, February 3 , 1940 P. 13At a breakfast party of debutants at the Waldorf one of them was punctilious about thanking the waiter whenever he performed the slightest service for her.
In the recent David Mamet comedy "State and Main," one of the running gags is that the film-within-a-film's unscrupulous producers toss around associate producer credits like beads at Mardi Gras, in return for the slightest service.
By C. S. Hershey and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, February 3 , 1940 P. 13At a breakfast party of debutants at the Waldorf one of them was punctilious about thanking the waiter whenever he performed the slightest service for her.
This is the first time in our life we have ever been of the slightest service to a screen star, and it's pretty flimsy start, if you ask us.
He surrounded himself with good ol' boys and soothsayers, repaying the slightest service with gifts of cars, houses, horses, hand-finished guns anything so long as it cost a fortune.
His company commander thought his build was too slight for service in the infantry, and tried to have him transferred to a cook and bakers' school, but Murphy insisted on becoming a combat soldier.
With only slight variations, the services are the same.
"They're slight modifications" in service, Kissal said.
Slight tweaks to services can have a huge impact on profits.
Total employment has grown very slightly, mostly because of a growth in government jobs and a slight uptick in service industries.
