The reason for this conflict, Schelling explained, was that not wearing a helmet conferred a slight advantage on the ice; crucially, it gave the player better peripheral vision, and it also made him look fearless.
It's not quite the slight faced by the younger Grieve, but it rings a bell.
Today at lunch retired US ambassador Frances Cook, who we knew in 1972 when she served in the consulate in Sydney, apologised for slight bruises under her eyes: she and everyone in politics, she explains, have plastic surgery – navy secretaries, congressmen, senators take cosmetic-surgery holidays in Thailand or South Africa.
Coleman, however, dismissed Tardelli's comments, described Bale's attitude as "magnificent" and made it clear the only reason the 24-year-old will not line up against Ireland is because it is "too much of a risk" to play him when he is carrying a slight foot injury.
"This has resulted in a slight impact on waiting times, but we continue to admit, treat and discharge more than nine out of 10 patients within four hours".
But the Germans quickly pulled back a goal through Morlock, after Rahn had played Hans Schaefer's leftwing cross into the goalmouth, where it took a slight deflection off Hungary's right-half, Jozef Bozsik.
The Times, and the Daily Mail via the Times, inform us in no uncertain terms that the Issue of the Week is the slight change that has been made to the new cover of Jilly Cooper's Riders.
Similarly, labour costs suggest a slight levelling off in our competitiveness.
Bake for 30 minutes, until the milk has set but still has a slight wobble in the middle.
But those other roles had been slight affairs, and in M, he was the closest thing to being the movie's star.
UK use has stayed remarkably steady too, according to the data which shows a slight rise over time.
