Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...months ago, Elektra Records decided that Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott was a hip-hop star. However, there was one problem. Outside of the relatively small demographic of people who pay close attention to the songwriting credits of R.-and-B. albums--Elliott has composed minor hits for such acts as Aaliyah, Ginuwine and Jodeci--hardly anybody had ever heard of her. Also, Elliott isn't your typical Top 40 sex siren. She has a regular, stocky body, the kind most people have unless they're members of a professional sports team or Keenen Ivory Wayan's all-woman house band...
...housing to public works and the police, have been taken away from Barry and placed under the jurisdiction of a financial control board, which was appointed by Congress two years ago to get the city's finances in order and is headed by economist Andrew Brimmer. Only relatively minor agencies (including tourism and parks and recreation) remain under Barry's purview. Asked at a press conference what residents should do if they want to complain about potholes, Barry replied bitterly, "Call Dr. Brimmer...
...YORK: Attention stockholders ? Don't let Friday's 254-point plunge of the Dow Jones industrial average lead you to dump your shares just yet. With the markets creeping back up in early trading, analysts are describing last week's sell-off as little more than a "minor correction...
There are, however, minor forms, including asking the Websites to rate their content "voluntarily." Chris Hansen, senior staff counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, is particularly disturbed by the growing political support for self-censorship. "Rating systems may work, however badly, in TV or movies, where there are relatively few programs and armies of lawyers," he says. "But with E-mail, chat rooms and newsgroups, the sheer volume is overwhelming...
...among so many burned-out characters, the reader's rooting interests should lie. Nelson seems a poor choice, even though he gets to tell major swatches of his story and is given some funny lines. Here is his take on California talk: "Everything on the spectrum of undesirability, from minor annoyance to universal tragedy, is okay. Anything better to any degree, all the way up to a colossal lottery jackpot or the return of Jesus--that's neat...