Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shultz's hasty tour of major capitals brings minor results...
...discussed legislation both on Capitol Hill and the State House often can have a direct hearing on atleast one of Harvard's 10 schools. Harvard employs three full-time people to take care of its interests in Washington. D C--the most of any university--and one to minor state affairs...
...Renard the choreography this time by Richard Dickinson is simple and sure. Its few gestures toward stylization sit a trifle uneasily on Jeanne Jones as Persephone, who looks exactly like a China shepherdess; she also looks a little time like she's watching herself in a minor and her voice errs by a fraction of a timber towards stiffness. But Gide's beautiful words gradually enable her to relax her delivery and precise ensemble work by the nymphs further softens the effects...
...records of committee meetings are generally transcribed by a stenographer and sent to the committee for editing. Usually the task of cleaning up the copy falls to committee staffers, who are supposed to do no more than make minor changes in grammar and wording. The records of a meeting are often important in determining the intent of Congress if a law is challenged in the courts...
...tossing out the sentence, the court noted that all of Helm's crimes were relatively minor, that none involved violence and that the punishment he received was the same or stiffer than that imposed in the state for far more serious crimes. The decision may prompt judges to be less draconian in sentencing small-tune offenders, but civil liberties lawyers expect no flood of petitions from current prisoners, in part because most state sentences cannot be challenged after 120 to 200 days...