Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebels control mountainous Chalatenango province in the north, and major portions of the eastern part of the 8000-square-mile country, skirmishes have not been reported near one of the most exciting spots--the volcano west of San Salvador, Izalco, known as the "Lighthouse of the Pacific" for its minor eruptions every 15 minutes...
That the host Hopkins squad only won 23-2 was something of a minor miracle, considering that at halftime the score...
...coercive, and if silent it will be psychologically coercive." The alternative, opponents contend, is to offer prayers so general as to be meaningless, even offensive to the truly religious. The establishment of a neutered "civil religion" is offensive to many who believe deeply in their own faiths. Says Robert Minor, professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas: "Christians should probably be outraged at prayers directed 'to whom it may concern...
More than 30 million Americans smoke marijuana, and most are only dimly aware of breaking the law as they do it. Now that eleven states have "decriminalized" marijuana and made it only a minor offense, most users seem to assume that society has decided simply to look the other way. Not the police, however. There are more than 400,000 marijuana busts each year, and well over half of those arrests are for mere possession, sometimes for less dope than fills one joint...
...Statement Maker, the Dress-for-Success-er undercuts her personal image through a misuse of fashion. The careerist who feels insecure about her prospects within a man's world, and depends on a "Successful Person's" wardrobe to foster respectability, mocks her own professionalism. Her appearances at even minor occasions (say, a career seminar and Kennedy school panel discussions) with a surgically precise manicure; anchorwoman-perfect makeup; and topiaried coiffure, only magnify her self-consciousness. The incongruity between the Dress-for-Success-er's actual and contrived selves transforms her into a caricature of the Working Woman...