Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They were the scourge of the '60s, members of a minor, mean-spirited motorcycle club, raised through their own viciousness and the fascination of the press to the status of ravening Huns. For the past seven months a clutch of Hell's Angels has been on trial in San Francisco's Federal Building, accused of having spent the '70s conspiring to be racketeers. The proceedings are known officially as The United States of America vs. Ralph Barger...
...that was one of the minor incidents. Fairfield alleged that the FBI provided Yale President Charles Seymour with clandestine, often inaccurate reports on faculty members' politics. That procedure clearly broke the president's official policy of accepting no secret, unsolicited information, even though he also did not want to hire any Communists. The university did allow one official liaison from the FBI but prohibited the presence of the other informants, whom faculty members told Fairfield were "suspected of watching their homes and in one case of opening their mail." Fairfield also reported that Robert S. Cohen, a post-doctoral student...
...turnout, which eventually numbered 1 million, had waited for hours to get into the cordoned area at the Palace of the People. As the gates opened at 5:30 a.m., nine people were trampled to death in the stampede, dozens were hospitalized, and an estimated 500 had minor injuries. The Pope did not learn of the deaths until hours later...
...sure what they were doing spouting Lucas' Classics comics dialogue were enthusiastic about the sequel. "Star Wars was basically a 'Let's Get Darth Vader' story line, all action and little dialogue," says Carrie Fisher, who plays haughty Princess Leia. "The Empire has romance, minor tragedies and characters working more off each other. Sure, it's a fairy tale, just like the first, but it has an additional dimension...
Opening day, Toronto, April 1977: About 45,000 fans, formerly hockey devotees cram Exhibition Stadium by the shores of Lake Ontario to witness the Blue Jays' home debut. Souvenir ticket stubs go for a buck, cokes for 95 cents. One minor problem delays the game: the field is blanketed in snow...