Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bilzerian's staff has solved a minor Bikkembergs dilemma -- how to get his moniker to move trippingly off the American tongue -- by referring to the designer as "the Dirker," as if he were some arcane medieval instrument used for storming castles. A native of Germany, Bikkembergs grew up in a strict, financially comfortable household. During his teenage years, he moved to Antwerp and became one of the leading designers in the city's gutsy fashion circle. Bikkembergs has some pretty strong ideas about his impact. "So far," he says, "I have made no money at all. But in four years...
Doctors emphasize that drugs should be a last, not a first, resort. Minor interventions, such as moving a child to the front row in class or allowing him more time to complete tasks, can lead to improvement. Rewards -- extra television or a favorite snack -- can help reinforce good behavior. And psychological therapy can bolster a child's flagging self-esteem and address social problems, like a lack of friends, that contribute to his distress. Only when these remedies fail should parents try medication on their overly active youngsters...
...Brian Mackey 4 6-10 .600 3-4 .7502-2 1.000 3-0.8 0 0 17 4 .3 Eric Carter 7 8-17 .471 0-0 .0008-16 .500 17-2.4 2 2 24 3.4 Mike Minor 3 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 5-1.7 2 0 10 3.3 Dana Smith 12 11-41 .268 1-4 .25014-20 .700 16-1.3 36 13 373.1 Ian Smith 4 4-15 .267 0-1 .0004-6 .667 9-2.3 6 2 12 3.0 Scott Gilly...
...hanged himself in 1981 while in custody in the New South Wales hamlet of Wee Waa. Loyed Boney, 28, was found hanged in his cell at Brewarrina, New South Wales, in 1987. Bernard McGrath used a strip of toweling in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, to strangle himself. McGrath's relatively minor offense: violating probation after conviction for driving without a license. A few cases involve charges of police brutality, while others focus on the failure of police to realize that a prisoner was seriously...
That last touch -- the voice from Limbo -- is Davies' only deviation from strict narrative plausibility, and it is a minor one at that. Hoffmann cannot intercede in the proceedings; he is just another spectator along with the readers. Davies does not need spooks or disembodied souls to demonstrate that even the most mundane, realistic events can be steeped in magic. Simon Darcourt, an Anglican clergyman, a professor of Greek and the secretary of the Cornish Foundation, believes "that everybody had a personal myth," that people's lives unfold in accordance with invisible but implacable patterns. Despite his extensive education, Darcourt...