Word: minor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hollensteiner 5 13-28 .464 0-0.000 3-8 .375 28-5.6 2 4 29 5.8 Eric Carter 3 4-8 .500 0-0 .0007-14 .500 12-4.0 2 1 15 5 .0 Mike Minor 2 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 3-1.5 1 0 10 5.0 Scott Gilly 5 7-19 .368 2-5 .4003-5 .600 5-1.0 9 5 19 3.8 Ian Smith 3 4-13 .308 0-0 .0003-4 .750 9-3.0 5 1 11 3.7 David Lang...
...detrimental factor in our political culture, with the treatment of Vice President-elect Dan Quayle as the most obvious example. During the campaign, Quayle was mocked for having spent too much time golfing and drinking beer, rather than attending classes and studying during his days at DePauw University. A minor scandal ensued when he refused to release his college transcript...
...above" came in eleventh by earning 6,923 ballots nationwide. Trailing the pack: Third World Assembly nominee John Martin with 229 votes. Despite his low tally, Paul insists, "we don't get discouraged. The only thing that counts is whether what we say is true." All told, the minor-party candidates collected only 0.9% of the vote, a bit better than the 0.7% they garnered...
George Bush's White House will be a little gray when he gets there. The thick paint has been dissolved and washed away, and bare sandstone walls are visible for the first time since 1817. But that will be a minor inconvenience for the new occupant of the grandest working home in the U.S. "It has never been in better shape," says Chief Usher Gary Walters, whose staff of 93 chases the dust tracked in by a million and a half tourists a year. The thought is echoed by curator Rex Scouten, who presides over the 38,000 pieces...
...Canada, only one month ago, the Liberal Party was moribund. It was running last, 14 points down in the polls, behind even a minor third party. Then it suddenly found its voice as the fierce defender of the nation against the American threat, disguised this time as a free-trade agreement. The Liberals turned the election into a referendum on patriotism. That did not win them the election -- though the left would have won had it not divided its 52% of the vote between two parties -- but it did save them from catastrophe. They doubled their representation in Parliament...