Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Economic planning has loosened a bit, helping to compensate for capital deficiencies, limited natural resources and a small labor force. Slavish in its devotion to Soviet aims, East Germany billets some 285,000 Soviet troops. The archconservative regime of Party Chief Erich Honecker tolerates little dissent, though a few minor work stoppages have been reported this year. East Germans are rarely allowed to travel westward and defect at a rate of 200 every year...
...apparently had not been fully informed of the new policy's details when its general outlines were leaked to reporters early this month. By angrily making no secret of the fact that he felt he had been left in the dark, Muskie created a minor but embarrassing flap that fueled speculation about rivalries between his staff and that of National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who is responsible for coordinating the formulation of such policies. Was Brzezinski, it was asked, already trying to undercut the new Secretary of State? By week's end, however, Muskie seemed generally mollified...
Into a cast of major and minor sinners strides Richmond in the fifth act, as a model of saintly sanity (again inaccurate history on the playwright's part). From what he has to do in the role it is impossible to gauge the acting ability of Michael O'Hare, but he does possess a warm and beautiful voice. His main function is to fight Richard to the death. So we have Moriarty, Dartmouth '63, pitted against O'Hare, Harvard '74. After too brief a bit of swordplay, Harvard wins and will ascend the throne as Henry...
...severity of Detroit's auto depression was dramatically underscored last week. Mighty General Motors, which usually slides past industry slumps like a Cadillac Eldorado cruising around a minor bend in the road, reported a stunning second-quarter loss of $412 million. Overall this year, the company is expected to lose money for the first time since...
...umpire should hate humanity." Ernie Stewart, a wartime umpire, laments the loneliness that goes with the job: "Every city is a strange city; you don't have a home." Bill McKinley, a 19-year man, thinks of the jeers and catcalls as a kind of minor league tryout: "Some fellows never made it because they couldn't take it." Still, despite these drawbacks, none of the officials ever considered leaving the game; as The Men in Blue amply testifies, all of them seemed to enjoy every minute of their misery...