Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...advent of mass communications technology changed speechmaking in another way. Before mechanical reproduction, few reporters could truly record a speech verbatim; thus, the hesitations and minor lapses of grammar that characterize everyday speech were never seen by the newspaper audience...
...that was enough to cause a minor panic in the English department who feared the loss of Russian novels, Greek classics and linguistic books. Professor of English Lawrence Buell posted a memo on the English department's building reminding scholars to untag books in the P through PF section that they didn't want to leave the Yard...
...addition, Singer says the administration has consented to several minor changes in next year's catalogue in order to indicate to prospective applicants that gay and lesbian students are welcome and that there is an active gay community at Harvard and in Boston...
...Everything continues on schedule, with some minor exceptions," says Saltonstall. "Recent contracting is being done at lower costs than expected...
...Even a minor Middle East peace conference will help ease the suspicions about Bush and Baker. "Never mind a full-blown Arab-Israeli sit-down," says a White House aide. "If the Israelis and some West Bank Palestinians can be brought to the table to discuss anything at all, we can then say that we advanced the state of play with respect to where our predecessors left it -- and that should help us domestically...