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Word: minority (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...befud-dlement), begins delivering a soliloquy to the theater's rear wall, and the parallel strikes home: When the Prince delivered that soliloquy in his own play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were upstage of him, seeing only his back. The audience has been placed entirely within the spies perspectives as minor characters within a larger show, summoned mysteriously from a place they cannot remember on a mission they cannot understand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Messing With the Bard | 11/10/1981 | See Source »

Frazier gave up three fifth-inning runs, and the Dodgers were off to a 9-2 clincher, their fourth straight victory after two opening losses and first world championship since 1965. Poor Frazier, 27, who began this split, struck, schizophrenic year as a minor league property of the St. Louis Cardinals, was the losing pitcher in three of the four. The only other three-time loser in a World Series was Claude Williams of the 1919 "Black Sox." The joke was that Frazier was the first to do it unintentionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beating the New York Jinx | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...least prominent facts of cultural life 70 years ago was that few people expected to be famous. This was especially true in the "minor" arts, like photography. Today the schools are full of chickens with Nikons whose entire professional sense turns on the thought of stardom, however temporary that blessed state may be. Though most photography is routine, the air is so sodden with "creativity" and "expression" that the idea of being a journeyman photographer seems unthinkable. Hence the difficulty of understanding a career like Eugène Atget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photography: Images from Old France | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...Mille circus film. She notched her first Oscar for dressing Olivia de Havilland as a spinster in The Heiress in 1949. Prim and priggish-looking in her bangs and tortoise-shell glasses, Head costumed actors for more than 1,000 movies and created some fashion trends, including a minor 1930s craze after she wrapped Dorothy Lamour in a sarong for Jungle Princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 9, 1981 | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...scorers Dave Fasi and Steve Munatones, a sophomore duo, are now at nearly full strength following minor injuries. Along with Rich Guerra and Houston Hasll, they should provide the Crimson with a potrent offensive threat. Meanwhile, minding the goal will be senior Rich Reid...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Aquamen Joust For N.E. Title; Blodgett to Play Host to Meet | 11/7/1981 | See Source »

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