Word: minor
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...only two Chinese guards were allowed to accompany the flame, because of Japan's concern over their treatment of demonstrators during previous relays. A man with a Tibetan flag tried to stop the torch early on and was immediately dragged away by police. But aside from a few minor deterrences - including a few raw eggs tossed from the crowd - the torch bearers' passage was without incident. The flame arrived at its final destination, the outdoor stage of the Nagano cultural building, in the hands of Japan's gold-medalist marathoner Mizuki Noguchi. Japan emerged from its Olympic relay with...
...connected by the secondary characters who flit through all their lives. The plotlines are simple. Keith goes to Harvard, works as a moving man in his summer, becomes a political blogger, and eventually publishes a book. Mark spends most of the novel in Syracuse writing his dissertation on a minor figure of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Sam ends up visiting Israel and the occupied territories after failing in his attempt to write the Zionist epic and then getting fed up with his job as a temp at a bank.However, the novel is burdened by a sense that nothing happens...
...Over a thousand transfer applicants didn’t even have their applications considered this year. For many of these students, Harvard’s decision may be only a minor setback, but for others in less stable situations, like Max’s, the decision is potentially life altering. We don’t pretend to tell Harvard whom it can and cannot admit; ultimately, the housing crunch meant that some hard decisions would have to be made. Nonetheless, the current applicant pool deserves more than just a reimbursement. The damage has been done, but Harvard still needs...
...listers? The video doesn’t really make it clear, showing instead this inane triangular pixilation effect that follows the stars wherever they prance. If this is the menace that threatens their future, I can’t say I sympathize with their lyrical sense of urgency. Another minor grievance with this offering is that it’s way more for the guys than the girls—even without a high-speed car chase. Sorry, chicas—JT keeps his clothes on the whole way through. Damn. Now that would have spiced...
...move on and go forward.”The defenseman knew where he was headed. Since the San Jose Sharks drafted him in the seventh round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, MacDonald expected to report to the Worcester Sharks of the AHL, San Jose’s minor-league affiliate, for an amateur tryout—a short-term contract that allows for a mutual evaluation by the player and the team.Taylor, on the other hand, had not been drafted and knew that he would have to do some searching. It only took a few days of phone calls...