Word: minored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confused--I could have sworn the Texas Rangers were demoted to the minor leagues. But I stand corrected. The Rangers, from Texas, are still playing in the major leagues, and--miracle of miracles--they are vying for first place in their division...
...Turner, 47, victorious skipper of the 1977 America's Cup, long- suffering proprietor of the Atlanta Braves baseball and Hawks basketball teams and minor-league historian. "When I was a kid, I read a lot," he recalls. "History was my main subject." An adventurer "working outside official circles," he puts himself in mind of Alexander the Great, though he can also go on about Lord Nelson and Jiminy Cricket. "Who is this Jiminy Cricket?" inquired a Soviet journalist last week, and the man's eyes grew at the rate of Pinocchio's nose when he heard Turner explain, "Jiminy Cricket...
...nurse practitioners do not pretend to be doctors. They generally restrict themselves to performing routine tests, treating minor ailments and suggesting over-the-counter medications. Even so, they can spare patients many costly trips to the doctor, and they often make house calls. These nurses are especially helpful to the elderly and people with chronic diseases, who may need close watching but not always by a physician...
...state representative, a proud son of the 1970 student activist movement at Boston College, played his campaign by rules that simply didn't work in this media-ridden race. While front-runner Joseph P. Kennedy II was applying the major-league campaign tactics of Uncle Ted to a comparatively minor-league campaign, Gallagher used precepts that he might have learned in little league, where traditional sportsmanship is a larger part of the game...
...South Africa been sputtering out of control. But the country appeared to be relatively quiet--at least insofar as could be determined by the press, which under the de facto censorship was more or less obliged to take the Botha government's word for it. A series of minor terrorist explosions took place in Durban, Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape, and at week's end police killed four black guerrillas near the Botswana border. Wildcat strikes and worker "stayaways" continued in about 100 supermarkets and other retail stores, underscoring reports that around 180 union officials remained in detention, along with...