Word: lesser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quantity of reporting in Convention reminds one of Henry Fairlie commenting on John Toland's voluminous biography of Hitler. Toland claimed to have talked with new sources, including Hitler's sister. Fairlie said he thought of the time he and friends went to taste what were billed as the lesser known wines of Burgundy. Fairlie said at the end of the evening that he could see why they were the lesser-known wines of Burgundy--implying that maybe the reason nobody had talked to Hitler's sister was that she had nothing to say. But the final word on this...
Four of the remaining five players notched shutout victories, including Eve Caligor at number four, Margot McGlade at five, Marina Casteneda to seven, and Meg Lesser at nine...
...benefits to University workers during the three-month summer lay off period. Instead, the University began to offer its employees temporary jobs to tide them over the summer months. On the surface, this change might appear like a generous attempt to offer workers full summer salaries instead of the lesser unemployment benefits...
Serpico. Blood and guts story of the New York undercover detective who was set up by other police because he refused to go along with the department's "official" payoff system. Al Pacino in one of his lesser roles--lots of nice disguises, a crazed scene with Pacino caught in a door, and the crooks inside pointing a gun at his head with the complicity of the backup officers, more blood than a hospital. Which is, well, maybe your cup of tea--much better to see Serpico battling crooked cops than Clint Eastwood murdering everybody. But the bloody scenes alternate...
...exceptions to that rule. Mary Tyler Moore, of course, and lots of my friends are experiencing all sorts of separation anxiety at the prospect of the termination of her show. And, to a lesser degree, Bob Newhart. Unlike Mary, who's developed a whole case of fine supporters, Bob has had to pull it off pretty much on his own; his secretary Carol, brother Howard, and friend Jerry are the sort of boring eccentrics that you hope will never try to make conversation with you. But Newhart is something different; his cool, understated humor stands in sharp contrast...