Word: minimall
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The most notable example was that of James Watt, former Interior Secretary and bete noire of environmentalists everywhere. He got $300,000 to help a developer get 312 units of such housing started in Essex, Md., in 1986. His "minimal" role, according to the report, was "to convince the right...
Endara, a political disciple of the late Panamanian President Arnulfo Arias, ran a spirited campaign in the three months before the May 7 voting. Washington funneled some $10 million in campaign funds to the opposition, evidently hoping that if Endara and his running mates won, Noriega would be forced to...
Even casual baseball fans know the drears of the Boston Red Sox, those goats of fate, a team usually long on talent but short on luck and even minimal strategy from the dugout. The New York Yankees are another legend: power at bat, awesome pitching, managerial smarts to spare.
The activists pooh-pooh such fears. "Collectively and individually, talk- show hosts have the fattest egos you'd ever want to bump heads against," says Mark Williams. "So the likelihood of them agreeing on a national agenda is minimal." If they do, however, it might be time for listeners to...
Have you taken any substantial effort to reduce the trade deficit with Japan? Allowing the dollar to deflate seemed like a good first step, but the effects so far have been minimal. Japanese trade barriers and fundamental weaknesses in our own economy must be attacked vigorously if there is to...