Word: minor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yugoslav Government. In denying this story, the Government in Exile confirmed a hitherto unofficial report that negotiations to end Yugoslavia's tragic schism were under way. Said the official statement: "The tendency at present is toward greater understanding." Mihailovich has been in contact with some of the minor Partisan groups. But the main Partisan force, headed by ex-Lawyer Ivan Ribar (TIME, Feb. 8), was still aloof, and the chances of real unity were therefore small. The men of Ribar have the potent support of the Soviet Government, which has taken a strong hand in Yugoslav affairs in order...
...fast of Mohandas K. Gandhi is the Mahatma's tenth public hunger strike since 1918. Many were for minor reasons. Only twice before has Gandhi fasted "against" the British...
...Tony's athletic history has been a series of spurts to the top. Serving as '39 baseball captain, he was picked up by a talent scout and shipped at Louisville, where he got his "basic." Too good for a minor league club, Lupien was bought by a Red Sox farm and then, when Al Flair got drafted, "Tony" took his place at first base...
...Bach Mass in B Minor...
Bell absolves man from blame for the world's dilemmas. After all, he is "a small and unreliable creature . . . erratic, frequently fooled by his five inaccurate senses, largely irrational, unduly emotional, seldom sane." The blame, he holds, lies on the Church, which has grown soft, functions as "a minor decorative art," carries on its work like any big business corporation, supports ministers who warble "minor platitudes . . . [like] twittering birds almost alone in unawareness of the hurricane...