Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...erase an impression that the U.S. had elected Ed Meese President, instead of Ronald Reagan. Now we are almost going back to the point of say ing that this Administration does not need him." Compared with the potential dangers of a leaderless Government, how ever, that is a minor worry indeed...
...Delahanty's wife also saw her husband's shooting on television. "I didn't even know he was with the President," she said. The bullet struck Delahanty's left shoulder and lodged in his neck, damaging no blood vessels but bruising a nerve. The result of his wound seemed minor: a temporary loss of sensation on the inside of his left forearm, excessive sweating of the palm and erection of the hairs on his arm. In fact, doctors saw no reason even to remove the bullet from his neck ? until it was discovered that Hinckley had used explosive bullets...
...Mattlin said only minor revisions are needed in Mather...
...Mattlin said only minor revisions are needed in Mather...
...park bench one spring night in 1978, he had no idea that his sexual initiative would eventually be weighed by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the girl told her story to the police. The boy was officially charged with statutory rape for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. California is one of eleven states that still punish only the male in statutory rape cases. Accordingly, the boy challenged the prosecution on grounds that in penalizing only the male, California's law violates the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Three state courts rejected his plea. Unwilling...