Word: lesser
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Better still, Kirn's stories live up to the promise of their intriguing come-ons, although in quirky, unpredictable ways. Tranquilizing the dog turns out to be one of the lesser problems facing the young narrator of My Hard Bargain. On the long drive from Wisconsin to Arizona, where he has been told a better life beckons, Wade begins to realize that his parents have not only pulled up stakes but are racing to leave each other as well. The gun that introduces The Steward never goes off. Instead the Midwestern farm boy called upon to protect his grandparents, mother...
...censored; copies of this issue of TIME, for example, are certain to be banned from the kingdom. The Saudis enforce Islamic laws of justice to the letter. In the city squares, the hands of thieves are chopped off, adulterers are stoned to death, murderers and rapists are beheaded, and lesser offenders are flogged...
...particular concern is the danger that Iraqposes to Saudi Arabia, and, to a lesser extent,Turkey. Those two nations control the pipelinesthrough which Iraq exports its oil, and as ofyesterday, Iraqi troops were still massed alongthe Saudi border...
With high-body-count action movies rolfing the customers, the '90 releases are providing a lesser sequel to last year's bonanza. -- Presumed Innocent: trial in error...
...Avoid weekends and famous attractions like Old Faithful; be willing to venture farther afield. The National Forest System and the Bureau of Land Management boast millions of acres of uncrowded and unspoiled territory. Veteran Tennessee hiker Jim Botts, for instance, shuns crowded Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the lesser known bogs of Joyce Kilmer Wilderness in North Carolina...