Word: minimusical
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...countrymen, I write to you from Athens, in this the ninth month of the third year of the reign of Emperor Nuntius Minimus, as this wretched place wrestles with its irrelevant conscience over our great triumph in subjugating the Scythians and their leader, Vanitas, our most reviled foe since Vercingetorix...
...Empire. The Emperor saw an opportunity to avenge one of those emperors, his father, Desperatus Maximus, whilst boosting the coffers of Rome with much needed booty. After all, bread and circuses cost money, and the senators remain reluctant to part with any of their riches. At a stroke, Nuntius Minimus could please everyone. That is, of course, other than non-Romans...
...There a kind of de minimus assumption behind this," Thompson says. "We wish people would follow the policy to the letter, but we're not going to look at every small violation...
...music teacher. The only thing she gave up was her salary. She took on duties equal to the challenges of a ceo. To keep a home running in the corporate style and be responsible for the upbringing of two children are not easy tasks and certainly not "de minimus," as Gary Wendt claims. Had Lorna been compensated for the 31 years of services she performed, she could have built her own fortune. In her next life she should attend Harvard Business School herself. MARY V. KEARNS Ridgewood, New Jersey...
...office, missing their children, and bear all the corporate stress. Robert Epstein, Gary's lawyer, says the offer "far exceeds anything she ever dreamed of when she first married. Equitable does not mean equal." Without denying her contribution, he told the New York Times it was "de minimus...