Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...body of Kurt Vonnegut's writing contains some of the most uncomfortably funny social satire in English. What is offered here is something else, a try at prophecy in the darkest and gloomiest biblical sense. As prophecy it is major or minor, right or wrong, the reader's choice. As literature it is minor Vonnegut...
Despite the similarities to its predecessor, Burden of Proof creates a separate identity for itself. Its borrowed character, Stern, figured only in the minor role of legal mastermind in Presumed Innocent. In his recent book, Turow creates the fuller character of a man tortured by his wife's death...
...high school soccer coach. His baseball experience consists of a limited apprenticeship, not entirely remembered fondly. Dave Righetti recalls that in mid-season 1986, the year he set a record with 46 saves, Hank Steinbrenner proposed that the Yankees' ace reliever be immediately replaced by a career minor-leaguer who had just saved his first and only game in the majors. "I don't mind that from George. He signs the checks," says Righetti, the senior statesman among the denizens of baseball's Bronx Zoo. "What got me was how quick Hank was to react. He didn't have...
...years in between have been a blur of names and journeymen. The Yankees became a shuttle between Columbus, the home of the triple-A minor league squad, and the Big Apple. They were years of mediocre records, middling talent, and half-empty stadiums...
Some U.S. athletes stayed away, seemingly more worried about minor injuries or the size of appearance fees than any struggle for national honor. The capitalist side was further weakened by no-shows among European stars more concerned with championships scheduled on home turf. Most East bloc stars came, but many wondered how long they would continue to enjoy special privileges, including subsidized travel, priority housing and victory bonuses paid in Western currency...