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Word: lessers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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City elections officials yesterday predicted a turnout of 15 to 30 percent of Boston's voters in the so-called "preliminary" election in which Flynn and Tierney are vying with two lesser-known candidates to become the top two vote-getters to advance to the Nov. 3 general election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Set for Preliminary Elections | 9/22/1987 | See Source »

Forman and Cassell agree that the team must beat the lesser opponents. "It's definitely important that we beat the smaller teams," Cassell said. "We lost some matches to teams that we should have beaten. The teams we should beat we are going to beat this year...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Hoping to Net Greater Success | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters and Gremlins, each of which reeled in more than $100 million, that led to the banner year. This season, with the exception of the Eddie Murphy triumph Beverly Hills Cop II, which has pulled in $151 million, a dozen or so lesser hits are doing the job. Among them: The Untouchables, Roxanne, Dirty Dancing and La Bamba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTERTAINMENT: Hooray for Hollywood! | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...shrinking Marine spy scandal; despite earlier claims, the military never produced evidence that Lonetree or other Marine guards allowed KGB agents inside the Moscow embassy. The Navy had earlier dropped similar accusations of espionage against Lonetree's fellow guard, Corporal Arnold Bracy. Two other Marines await courts-martial on lesser charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage: The Marine Verdict: Guilty | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...several trees quickly and efficiently, not bothering with the notches a lesser woodcutter would have to use to direct their fall. He dropped each tree precisely where he wanted it, blocked up on underbrush, the butt end hinged by a sliver of the tree's outer edge. He cut the heavier ends to 16-in. lengths to make them easier to load. Branches and tops were cut longer. He spent no more than ten minutes on a tree and walked surely through the brush with his chain saw running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Missouri: Outdoor Work, Very Heavy Lifting | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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