Word: minor
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...twenties, spent so much of his early professional career in their service. Like Russert, they were from working-class Catholic families and combined an intellectual appreciation of Democratic policies with a visceral understanding of Democratic voters. Moynihan was an intellectual raised in Hell's Kitchen; Cuomo was a gritty minor league baseball player from Queens. Both had the poetry of liberalism in their blood, and were living blueprints for Tim of how to live an honorable life in the service of the greater good...
...Heavy equipment, military and civilian, gets tossed around like Tootsie Toys in a playroom. And Blonsky morphs into a creature known as The Abomination (sic) for purposes of a climactic confrontation with The Hulk that you really don't have to witness since you've seen it in one minor variation or another a dozen times before...
...These are some of the issues that will decide the future of our country, the state of our world and the prosperity of our children. The past dealings of relatively minor political aides like Johnson and Culvahouse will not, no matter what the candidates tell you tomorrow...
...should not be surprised that he now finds himself suddenly unpopular with the electorate, and over a seemingly minor issue. In late April, Lee lifted a ban on imports of U.S. beef ahead of his Camp David summit with President George W. Bush. The ban had been in place since mad cow disease was discovered on American farms in 2003. With the disease in abeyance, Lee removed the barrier to improve ties and to help clear the way for ratification of an important free-trade agreement with the U.S. But to many Koreans, it looked like the President was selling...
Some claim the act of knuckle-bumping began in the 1970s with NBA players like Baltimore Bullets guard Fred Carter. Others claim the fist bump's national debut occurred off the court, citing the Wonder Twins, minor characters in the 1970s Hanna-Barbera superhero cartoon The Superfriends, who famously touched knuckles and cried "Wonder Twin powers, activate!' before morphing into animals or ice sculptures. One might also credit germaphobics for the fist bump's popularity. Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel reportedly adopted the gesture as a friendly way to avoid his contestants' germs...