Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years ago, Whitley recalls, she had a spate of potentially serious injuries, including one when she dove into a goalpost and required four stitches, and several minor concussions...
Tirades against the Internal Revenue Service amount to a minor national sport...
...vigor in recent months. Meanwhile, the U.S. has also been doing better as it has stepped up its attack on organized crime. According to FBI Director William Webster, narcotics investigations alone produced 700 convictions in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 1983. Justice Department investigations have produced such minor victories as the 1980 conviction of Joseph Bonanno for trying to thwart a grand jury investigation, the 1980 conviction of Crime Family Boss Frank Tieri for racketeering, and the 1981 conviction of New Orleans Crime Chief Carlos Marcello for conspiracy in a bribery and kickback scheme...
...surrealism, expressionism, abstract expressionism and their various sequels. It may be sublimated into anxiety, as in the tautly mysterious early work of Giacometti; or transposed into flyaway humor, as in Klee; or semi-industrialized, as in the fulsome productions of late Dubuffet; or, by a host of minor artists, boorishly rehashed as a sign of "sincerity." But it never quite goes away - for who wants to face the tedium of a wholly secular culture...
...batting average and an improved disposition. First Baseman Willie Aikens was banished by the Royals even before his replacement was found: Steve Balboni, who in 122 games hit 27 homers and struck out 136 times. Another motley find was Darryl Motley, for whom the Royals had no minor league space last year in Omaha, so the Tigers graciously put him up on loan in Evansville. He batted nearly .290 for Kansas City, with 15 home runs. With Dan Quisenberry-that remarkable pitcher-in the bullpen, the Royals need only stay close...