Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than three-fourths of all Americans live in urban areas that have populations of 30,000 or more. Thus it was no minor political matter when the Reagan Administration last week managed to antagonize the highest elected officials of the nation's cities. Meeting in Minneapolis, the 50th annual conference of mayors bristled with charges that the Administration was virtually abandoning a half-century-old tradition of federal financial help for the cities and was, in effect, telling them to "drop dead."* "There is no other national government anywhere in the world today which has washed its hands...
...World Series--only a bitter diatribe against the strike. Another recounts an afternoon spent watching a Yale-St. Johns contest beside pre-World War I pitching hero Smokey Joe Wood. The final article covers the ups and downs of a once-great college pitcher bouncing around the minor leagues. These pieces, each moving by itself, make a strong statement together. The true fan, infected with an inherent love for baseball, has not abandoned the game. But the squabblings and the infighting may have permanently damaged support for the major leagues...
...last four shuttle flights have tested various apparatus, without including any large-scale scientific experiments. Although minor testing will continue, along with secret military experiments, the first use of the shuttle for fully scientific purposes will not occur until the launching of the first space lab shuttle...
...masquerade for an agreement to fix uniform prices, or it may in the future take on that character." Since two court members did not take part, the 4-to-3 decision raises some doubts about similar rulings in future cases. Still, the prognosis was for minor relief from painful health-care costs...
...entourage and for big-wigs in the party. But one seat was reserved for King, who--at the request of state party chairman Chester G. Atkins--was floor manager for the weekend. King's official duties for the weekend involved mostly designing the physical layout and taking care of minor crises, such as credentials shortages...