Word: inferiors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sleaziness of this particular affair did not account for its disturbing effect on the public. From Baby Doe's birth on Jan. 10, he was seen and discussed as a piece of inferior merchandise, an imperfect creature come into the world as damaged goods. The mother disavowed motherhood; the father said "Not mine." Yet there was the child, frail but present. Deposited on the doorstep, he had to belong to someone...
...refreshing to read your appreciation of contemporary design in the new Senate office building. But a ⅞-in. to 2-in. stone veneer that is properly designed and installed is not necessarily inferior construction. It is a prudent and economical use of one of our natural resources...
Once the thieves were inside, the valuables in the private strongboxes were theirs for the taking. The thieves ignored personal papers and discarded jewelry that they apparently considered to be inferior. Included in the haul was a collection of Goya prints owned by Jaime de Mora y Aragon, brother of Queen Fabiola of Belgium. De Mora's first estimate of his losses: $640,000. "I am ruined," said Felici Cultrera, an Italian who lost $250,000 in jewels and who was quick to offer a $100,000 reward...
DWIM: do what I mean. A guess at what was intended by an inferior instruction. Also DTRT, do the right thing...
There are several explanations for France's movie mania. The simplest is the deplorable state of French television, which is vastly inferior to that in neighboring countries. "People are fleeing their homes in search of entertainment," says Daniel Toscan du Plantier, president of Gaumont, the country's biggest film conglomerate. "Everyone knows that our television is the most boring in the world. The Socialist government has programmed intellectual talk shows for Saturday night at 8:30. Even Socialist countries in Eastern Europe wouldn't dream of doing that. There would be riots in the streets...