Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...started to wonder when I read in The Crimson that a prominent Japanese American theater company director, whom Epps allegedly "deeply offended" on a visit to Harvard, called the incident "very minor." Epps himself called the letter "irresponsible" and "full of unsubstantiated smears," and having read about, written and edited stories on the dean's long and accomplished record of more than two decades, I tend to agree...
...director disputed that claim, saying. "It was a very minor incident...
...accounts, the high-level of violence desensitizes everyone. A murder down the street might seem minor, even disappointingly mundane, in comparison to the splashy, action-packed violence of movies. Many claim that the reason the Los Angeles police officers were let off the first time was because the jury had seen the videotape of Rodney King's beating so many times that they were no longer shocked. This type of visual overload in turn deadens our impulse to act, our outrage at real violence...
Chelius's first warning came after she inadvertently hit a Cavalier player in the face with her stick. Another minor foul earned Chelius the red card...
...White House knew matters had deteriorated when Clinton, making a routine appearance at the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner the previous weekend, bombed with jokes about Senate minority leader Robert Dole and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh that turned out not to be funny. The dinners are one of the few times that the permanent Washington establishment is primed to fawn over the President. But the range of acceptable presidential behavior is narrow, from self-deprecation to groveling, and by no means can the evening be used to settle scores -- even with the person who killed your...