Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nouveau novas -- Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Robin Williams, Bill Murray, Pee-wee Herman, Martin Short -- may have won their early stardom cadging laughs on TV or in the burgeoning comedy-club scene (see following story). Yet the Motion Picture Academy continues to lay laurels on lesser mortals whose roles require that they cry over the phone, commit suicide or speak with an English accent...
...disconcerting gyrations of the mainstream stocks, which are heavily played by institutional investors, have inspired many private investors to march to a different ticker. They prefer to find lesser-known companies whose stocks are undervalued or potential earnings overlooked. But to arrive at a hot property before Wall Street professionals is a feat that requires lots of homework, constant vigilance and a cool head. Says Investor Jeffrey Solomon, a hardware-sales representative based in Great Neck, N.Y., who carries a hand- held stock monitor at all times and studies charts and newsletters every night: "The astute investor can beat money...
Determan studies annual reports and other documents before taking the plunge, but if he has any remaining questions, he simply calls the company president. That opportunity, he points out, is one of the lesser-noted benefits of investing in small ventures. When he became concerned about an earnings downturn at Innovative Software, Determan called the chief financial officer there, who reassured the investor that the profit slump was "just a glitch." So Determan held on to the stock, which proceeded to zoom from about 10 last November to 22 now, even after a 3-for-2 split...
...minute discussion of literature and ideas with some of the world's most famous authors. Henry Kissinger has appeared, as have French Presidents Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Francois Mitterrand. Most weeks, however, writers like Saul Bellow, Carlos Fuentes, Gunter Grass, Milan Kundera, Susan Sontag and others of lesser renown are the stars...
Society's interest in protecting this type of expression is of a wholly different, and lesser, magnitude than the interest in untrammeled political debate . . . Whether political oratory or philosophical discussion moves us to applaud or to despise what is said, every schoolchild can understand why our duty to defend the right to speak remains the same. But few of us would march our sons and daughters off to war to preserve the citizen's right to see "Specified Sexual Activities" exhibited in the theaters of our choice...