Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...continued existence of the final clubs and government assumption of the right to tell private citizens with whom they must associate on their own private property, the clubs must win. The freedom of association guaranteed by the Constitution makes any discrimination the clubs may practice very much the lesser of two evils. Moreover, the more specific the case against the Fly becomes (hinging on such questions as non-member use of the building during vacations and the occasional use of their parking lot by Lowell students), the less likely is any ruling to affect any other club. Morally and legally...
...from the Soviet Union. "Look at us, surrounded by Turkey and Iran," says an Armenian party official. "Secession would be the stupidest thing we could do. We'd be swallowed up immediately." His comments are backed by history: for several centuries, Armenians and Turks fought for control of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range, which borders Asia Minor. During that struggle, Armenians often turned to their Russian neighbors for + help. In the 19th century, Russians and Armenians built a string of fortress cities along what is now the Soviet-Turkish border...
Cheever regularly threw away sentences that lesser talents might have hoarded, had they been capable of writing them at all. As a first-time parent, he confided, "Sending a child off to nursery school is like sending your bottom drawer off to the board of health." He could mock others, wickedly: "Edmund Wilson has printed a collection of questionable short stories and in one there is a long description of carnal copulation which would have done carnal copulation irreparable damage if it hadn't been quite as deeply rooted." And he could make fun of himself, including his diminutive...
...selected because other clubs had lesser ties to the University. The Fly is typical of the prejudicial, discriminatory final club system. While a decision against the Fly Club would not require the other clubs to admit women, it would set an important legal precedent. This is how our legal system works...
...executive: "If you have a few Class A stars in a picture, you can play the two shows off each other until you get everything you want. On Steel Magnolias, for example, you could tell Today they can have Sally Field and Dolly Parton if they take on some lesser-known actors as well. Then you tell Good Morning America that they can have Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis if they do other segments on the film. On a picture like that, I'd go for the gold...