Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forthcoming. Acting Executive Director Donald Fehr called Ueberroth's appeal silly and suggested that the commissioner was out to make personal news, presumably to some political benefit. Ueberroth said that he was prompted by a number of major league players who actually applied to join the minor leaguers in a mandatory testing program now four months along. Whether there are enough to spur the union now is the question. Because by week's end Ueberroth's deadline for responses expired, and he was beaten back into the dismal channels of collective bargaining. Though not cleaving to every comma...
...proudly reports that soon after her brother, Malcolm Baldrige, became Secretary of Commerce in 1981, he programmed the department's word processors to reject such business jargon as "to prioritize," "bottom line" and "impact" used as a verb. The smart business executive meticulously manages what may seem to be minor concerns. Writes Baldrige: "Details linked together create a strong, effective executive presence that propels an individual upward in his or her career...
Harley P. Holden, curator of the Harvard University archives, said the area in which the tree stood used to be called University Minor. "It was common parlance among students at the time to say they were 'going to the mines' when they were going to use the facilities. 'Mines' was of course derived from Minor," said Holden...
...quadrangle also served as the College pigpen and garbage dump prior to the Kirkland administration. Historical accounts say University Minor was rat-infested and dangerous...
Forty workers have spent the past four days fixing broken windows, clearing the Yard of tree branches, and making minor roof repairs. Facilities Maintenance Manager Lawrence R. Kilduff said yesterday that all work will be completed by the end of this week...