Word: minore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minor final correction of fact? The group oral examination on an ancient or modern historian in the Junior year still remains. It is simply the literary text, examined in the Sophomore year, that has been modified, at least for the time being. Here the text will be a work not only of high literary merit but also of genuine importance in intellectual, cultural or political history. This is a part of our immediate hope of bringing history back a little more into History and Literature. W.J. Bate, Chairman Committee on Degrees in History and Literature
...rough side of his tongue for his U.S. aides, a painful process known as being "Gruentherized." It consists in a detailed itemization of all the unfortunate officer's weaknesses, punctuated by explosive cuss words. Few escape. One sufferer remembers the time Gruenther wheeled on him for some minor blooper and snapped: "Ordinarily you're a pretty smart cookie, but this is the god-damnedest foul-up I've ever seen." Said the officer later: "I felt like falling on my knees and blurting, 'Gee, general, that's the nicest thing you've ever said...
...Karl and Franz Xaver both showed some minor musical talent; both died childless...
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor (Emil Gilels; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Reiner; Victor). Soviet Pianist Gilels in a splendid version of this oft-mauled work. With the driving assistance of one of the most effective orchestras in the U.S.. he turns in a performance that is always at the peak of expression, whether tender, fiery or aggressive...
...Troy was rich in tribute taken from Greek merchants. Moreover, Paris himself was the young spark that fell into this tinder box. His rape of Helen, Queen of Sparta, whom he carried off to Troy in a fast galley, brought the Greeks to the shores of Asia Minor in 1186 ships...