Word: minoring
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...invented a new past. But a biography by Dean King published just after O'Brian's death revealed that despite O'Brian's claims, he was never a pilot in the Royal Air Force or a student at Oxford. What we know for sure is that he was a minor master of 20th century literature. His books will sail...
...encountered minor difficulty in Mather when ordering the chickwiches for the competition. But after some negotiation, the dining hall staff graciously prepared 10 chickwiches. The absence of any competition after Lehe made the situation even more precarious, as the now disgruntled dining manager watched FM sit awkwardly with a plate of nine chickwiches...
...like with one of your networked notebooks, experiment with the router's placement. Indoor range should be about 300 ft., but will be significantly reduced by walls, hallways and other barriers. If you are getting interference from a baby monitor or microwave, try changing the channel (a minor tweak in your router's basic settings). If your cordless phone is a problem, get one that automatically looks for a clear channel or, better yet, one that uses the 5.8-GHz band...
...year-old son, Ramanan, rolled up the shutters of the shop, swept away the debris, repainted the walls and stocked up on goods. Business is still slow, and the farmers who come for batteries, kerosene and groceries can often buy only on credit. But these are minor irritations. Singham looks around the store in wonder at the blue bottles of kerosene stacked over the red bottles of oil, the sacks of rice, and the colorful satchels of malt powder festooning the doorway: "I never thought it would be possible to come back here...
...Last week this minor scandal got murkier when the government announced that it paid the entire $12.9 million festival budget to the local American Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit organization best known for luncheons and tax advice. Amcham gave the money to a company designated to run the festival, Red Canvas Ltd., which turned out to be owned by the chairman of the chamber, American moving-company founder Jim Thompson, and his wife. "That's a private firm, and we don't have the right to check its books," says Fred Li, a member of Hong Kong's Legislative...