Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...danger that all progressive groups have to reckon with is the policies of the Reagan administration and the conservative movement, not their own relatively minor differences," Weissman said...
...Establishment scorn heaped on Reagan's proposal for antiballistic missile defense could easily a mountain range. A year after Reagan proposed the Star Wars concept, the New York Times derided the system in any form as patently useless: "Since even minor holes in any defense would risk millions of deaths, no system is worth having unless it works almost perfectly. And since it could never be fully tested, perfection is unattainable...
Although Brown is one of the better teams Harvard will have face in the Ivy League, the Bruins will have to off a minor miracle to reverse last year's thrashing at the hands of the Crimson...
Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte, 59, was jubilant. His center-left Christian Democratic Party had surprised even itself last week by its triumph in nationwide legislative and municipal elections. Some 1 million voters, about 59% of those eligible, ignored threats and a few minor attacks by leftist guerrillas to take part in the Palm Sunday voting. When it was over, there had been a clear shift in the country's balance of political power: the Christian Democrats appeared certain of a definite majority of seats in the 60member National Assembly. The sweeping show of support gave a badly needed boost...
...latter book, James debunks the motion that you can't tell anything from minor league statistics. He proves conclusively that you can predict, within a reasonable degree of accuracy, how well a rookie is going to hit in the major leagues based on his past performance...