Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everything possible to negate his influence. The new book Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, which you reviewed ((Books, Nov. 14)), shows a part of that scheme. But what is Thomas accused of? Behaving crudely toward Anita Hill. Either it never happened, or it was so minor that it did not matter to Hill at the time. Either way, the accusation provides no basis for destroying a Justice who has every bit as much ability as Thurgood Marshall, an earthy man himself, and many other Justices...
...have been unable to muster measures capable of making a difference. They remain unwilling to use sufficient force to challenge Serb domination, and the Serbs and the Bosnians still refuse to agree on any settlement negotiated by mediators. The Serb reaction last week to U.N. scolding and NATO's minor bombing was almost contemptuous. In a telephone call to U.N. commander Lieut. General Sir Michael Rose's headquarters, Jovan Zametica, a senior Serb official, warned, "Don't mess with...
Saying grace and the whole belief behind Thanksgiving has become minor and insignificant in comparison to some cranberry sauce and a big bird. We have to say grace, so we say it, in the simplest form, and immediately head straight for the food...
...Herpes can range from a minor medical condition to a self-defining trait with physical and emotional implications," Ebel said. "Basically, transmission requires skin-to-skin contact, usually at the site of a lesion, with some abrasion...
Mario Cuomo lost his bid for a fourth term as Governor of New York last week. Amid not very substantial rumors that the former minor leaguer might become the new commissioner of baseball, Time asked various experts what they thought he might be doing with his time come January...