Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wednesday night, the featured speaker is Edward Kennedy, who may place Mondale's name in nomination. The Massachusetts Senator is an inconsistent orator, but he can soar when the spirit moves him. Indeed, one of Mondale's minor problems is that his own acceptance speech Thursday night might sound a bit tame after the performances of Cuomo, Jackson and Kennedy. Mondale may ask a woman to introduce him, especially if he has chosen a male running mate and needs a show of solidarity from the women who will constitute slightly fewer than half of all the convention delegates...
...unglamorous task of conserving energy. The idea was to make the notion of conserving energy more important. What went unconsidered was what that kind of linguistic maneuver does to the idea of going to war. The problem with summoning a great moral theme in the service of a minor one-the problem with declaring moral equivalence when it does not exist-is what that does to the great idea. In a dangerous world Americans might some day be called upon to go to war, and if that happens, the difference between reaching for a thermostat and reaching...
...important a bill come so far amid so much confusion. Supporters and opponents alike have only fuzzy ideas of how-or whether-it can be made to work, how much it might cost, even how many people it might directly help or hurt. (It would have at least some minor effect on almost everybody who looks for work or pays taxes.) Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, business organizations and union leaders have lined up on both sides. Amendments have switched the AFL-CIO from strong initial support to last-minute opposition...
James Agee has become a minor cult, as well he should. But he should not be considered one of those classic romantic failures so adored by adolescents and academics. As much as most artists, he achieved what he was capable of, and it was enough. -By Melvin Maddocks
...reasonable to answer some of the questions raised." According to A.I.M. Chairman Reed Irvine, the reply, to be offered to PBS stations, will show up "errors and omissions" in the series' coverage of Vietnamese history and the life of Ho Chi Minh. Series Reporter Stanley Karnow acknowledges that minor changes were made for a rebroadcast next month but insists, "We did a fair and balanced...