Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...showing all the symptoms of a used car. Not so, replied Houston Flight Director Neil Hutchinson, adding, "If it's acting like a used car, I'd like to own it." In fact, Columbia's glitches, with the exception of the radio breakdown, were all relatively minor, and it was unfortunate that they obscured the mission's true importance. By making a record-breaking third voyage into space, Columbia was providing stunning proof of NASA's basic vision: that the U.S. could build and operate a spacecraft capable of moving in and out of orbit...
...Philadelphia, the opera's plot was abridged, two minor characters eliminated and the music somewhat reordered, so the production was not a fair test of the opera's stage worthiness. At Eszterháza, Haydn could call on a large cast of silent extras to provide plenty of spectacle, and the theater's sophisticated stage machinery-which could transform settings from a pleasant garden to an enchanted wood or a glorious hall-was expected to carry a good deal of the dramatic load...
First, the win was the 1800th in the Crimson's 115-year history. And second, the Harvard victory marked the first time any college team had beaten a Red Sox minor league squad coached by Eddie Popowski...
...more poignant than a bird with a lame wing-who was once Rookie of the Year? Fidrych is 27 years old and in the fifth year of his comeback. He won 19 games for Detroit in 1976 talking to the ball, but last season Mark mopped up in the minor leagues talking to himself. The Tigers finally gave up on him, and now the Red Sox are having a look. Close up, it is hard to feel too sad because he appears so happy. "As soon as I get the uniform on, I'm happy," Fidrych says. "Getting dirty...
Lefthander Jim Curtin of Burlington will open Harvard's spring season Saturday afternoon when he faces the Chicago White Sox minor league squad in Sarasota. The following evening, the Crimson opens its intercollegiate schedule with a doubleheader against the University of South Florida in Tampa, and juniors Greg Brown and Billy Doyle will be the starters. Three freshmen pitchers, lefty Jeft Musselman and righthanders Charlie Marchese and Cecil Cox, will make the trip, along with Doyle, Curtn, Brown, and seniors Mike smercznski and John Sorich...