Word: minor
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According to the release, the victim was treated for “minor injuries” before being released...
...meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences last May, when Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 introduced a motion calling for all courses of five or more students to be formally evaluated, he unexpectedly provoked a minor uproar. Several professors spoke against the motion, including Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53. He strongly criticized the proposal, saying, “Course evaluations introduce the rule of the less wise over the more wise, of students over professors.” Professor of German Peter J. Burgard went further, claiming...
...night, repeatedly failing to set up its offense in Dartmouth’s zone. The Crimson squandered its best chance of the night early in the game. With the Big Green’s Nick Johnson already in the penalty box for hooking, Dartmouth winger Tanner Glass earned a minor for cross-checking, giving Harvard a full minute of 5-on-3 play. But the Crimson, unable to maintain control of the puck, barely threatened the net during the two-man advantage. The shorthanded Big Green actually had the most dangerous shot on goal, as winger Rob Pritchard forced...
...authors praise the appearance of dominant, creative alpha 2.0 (alpha beta?) men in the office but warn of the dangerous excesses attached to the personality type: "The other half consists of a package of not-so-positive symptoms that leads to everything from minor business problems to full-fledged organizational catastrophes and personal disasters." The last years of Disney CEO Michael Eisner's reign is cited as a perfect example of a misguided alpha tenure disintegrating into "paranoia, backbiting and civil war." The authors have great faith, though, in alpha consciousness raising: "Alpha males who face up to their risks...
...factor in shaping these lives than he thought. It is energy and accident that have made all the difference. A cabdriver who Apted was worried might succumb to criminality has become a mini real estate mogul in Spain, a man who was for some years homeless is now a minor government official, a librarian who works with the severely handicapped continues to stick to her idealistic guns, while a schoolteacher who worked extensively in the Third World is back at the traditional public school he once attended in England (and he's still playing cricket...