Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Only a month ago, the fate of Westland, a financially troubled helicopter manufacturer, seemed a relatively minor matter, principally of interest to British businessmen. Now it has mushroomed into the most damaging political scandal to face Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher since she took office in 1979. Three weeks ago, Michael Heseltine, Thatcher's Defense Minister, stormed out of a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street and quit over the government's handling of what has become known as "the Westland affair." Last week the controversy claimed another victim: Trade and Industry Minister Leon Brittan, a friend and political ally...
Fund raising also forces state legislators into an undue preoccupation with relatively minor issues that are backed by contributors willing to spend heavily. These are known cynically as "juice bills" for the cash that can | be squeezed out of them. One prime example: repeal of unitary taxation, which would save foreign companies operating in California as much as $500 million in state corporate taxes. Strongly backed by Japanese and British interests, the bill has been debated in each of the past three sessions but has yet to come to a vote. Insiders complain that legislators are dawdling because they have...
Eventually, Harper went on his own to the director of the Red Sox minor leagues to offer his services...
...shocked by the content of the letter. It's cut and dried. A minor league instructor is going to come back. You mean I can coach major league players but not minor league players?" Harper said, referring to his previous experience as a major league coach...
...twinkle in the eye that belie convert amusement and joy. Also creating a reserve of depth is Adolph Caesar as Mister's father, the swaggering, comic fool who sires the story's principal tyrant. In fact, some of the film's most engaging moments are those featuring the minor and often humorous characters that Walker used to show the absurdity of Celie's situation...