Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Police declined to release Lee Stafford's name because he is a minor, but Reuters reported that he is being charged with kidnapping under Michigan state law, which would allow him to be tried as an adult...
Inferiority is a big public issue here at the moment: the Minnesota legislature is debating whether to build a stadium for the Minnesota Twins, who might skip town if they don't get one, and where would that leave us? Back in the minor leagues, that's where. No different from Des Moines or Omaha. The Governor, who favors the stadium, recently told the people of Minnesota, who do not, that without major league sports the Twin Cities would be like Des Moines, "absolutely dead," which caused some consternation in Iowa and not much in Minnesota, where the fear...
...Paul, America's 57th largest city, we're all right with that. Nobody who sits near me at the ballpark seems to feel personally diminished by living in a minor league city. We do not consider ourselves fundamentally so different from Duluthites or Sioux Fallsians or Fargo-Moorheaders. We all eat the same brand of corn flakes, and one size sock fits all. However, in Minneapolis, the 42nd largest American city, there are people who imagine it to be the Manhattan of the Midwest, the Paris of the Prairie. This is embarrassing to us St. Paulites, like knowing a small...
Oddly, Baal in this performance was played down, despite Sussner's obvious charm, power and presence. To level this fascinating bias of perspective, the other minor roles were constantly playing up their parts, detracting from the magic that is Baal...
...adjustable-rate mortgages and home-equity loans would have to cough up roughly $3 billion more. Now that's inflationary. Can we afford higher rates? Credit-card delinquencies are already at recessionary levels, and personal bankruptcies have reached a record pace--20,000 a week. Thus, even a minor rate hike could mean trouble and possibly bring the six-year economic expansion to a screeching halt. Don't say we didn't warn...