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Word: minore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...depending on the group slated for the evening. Another intern is stationed at the studio-adjoining "green room," a woodpaneled room the size of a Wigglesworth double. He or she is prepared with water and coffee for the set, to wait on guests and their handlers and to resolve minor crises: What if, for instance, the car scheduled to pick up Rev. Jesse L. Jackson picks up someone else instead? ("You're telling me your driver doesn't know what Jesse Jackson looks like?" I asked, incredulous...

Author: By Daniel S. Aibel, | Title: Learning by Doing: The Internship | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...stadium--Europe's equivalent of a Bronx cheer. The debacle was so startling that some observers began composing Bubka's professional obituary. Less than two months later, however, he was back in form and set a new record at a meet in Italy. The ascent has continued, with only minor interruptions, ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SERGEI BUBKA : KEY TO THE VAULT | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...Hellman to attack--her lies, her opportunism, her greed. She is big game for a biographer. But Hellman kept her friends--including lovers whom she treated capriciously--over decades, and almost anyone who comments on her speaks of her vitality and her energy. So Mellen's repeated harping on minor points gives her book a rancid quality. Hellman's ugliness, sexual vamping and minor instances of social cowardice are all pounced on and recounted. In her introduction Mellen says that at times, when confronted with a problem, she would ask herself, "What would Lily do?" One thing is certain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: LOVERS AND SCOUNDRELS | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

...suddenly win it." Some fans took the celebrating too far: Denver police had to use mace and batons to disperse about 3,000 unruly fans who were setting fire to newspapers, breaking windows and turning over park benches. Police arrested 15 revelers and three people were hospitalized with minor injuries. -->

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buried | 6/12/1996 | See Source »

When I opened the letter, Dad and I jumped around the house screaming. It's a minor miracle we neither broke anything nor scared the neighbors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coming to Terms With Harvard | 6/5/1996 | See Source »

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