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Word: minored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, not really. This week, Yankee outfielder Luis Polonia was given a two-month sentence for having sex with a minor. Once again, George's boys have managed to steal the headlines. The front page of Tuesday's New York Post read: "Jail Bait." Love that classy tabloid journalism...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Leave it to Davis to Shake up the NFL | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

...then move on to the next issue without supporting substantive change. Months after Bush's famous press conference from a national park, he has yet to present tough clean air legislation to Congress. And he plans to fund his famed War on Drugs as if it were a minor skirmish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Political Points | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

Hold on to Your Hat: Anticipated to wreak havoc with the game, Hurricane Hugo was only a minor factor. It brought no rain at all, though swirling winds caused problems for both teams...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Critical Mistakes Plague Gridders | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

Frank should run for re-election because his actions never injured anyone directly. Unlike Donald "Buzz" Lukens (R-Ohio), who is still in Congress, Frank did not have sex with a minor: Gobie was a seasoned con-artist with more than 15 convictions. And unlike Rep. Gus Savage (D-III.), who is also under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, he did not try to coerce someone into having...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Let the Voters Decide | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

...German question is back. The first widely noticed hint occurred this spring when the West German Foreign Minister, in a rare demonstration of German assertiveness, forced a change in the American position (and entirely undercut Britain) on the issue of short-range nuclear weapons. The issue is relatively minor, but the demonstration was not. It not only showed alliance willingness to accommodate German demands, it also showed German willingness to make them, and to make them purely and unashamedly in terms of its national interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Return of The German Question | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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