Word: minor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Eagles hit fast and hard, he lived his share of the Los Angeles high life and paid a big price. In 1980 he found himself pickled in the press when he was given two years' probation for drug possession and fined for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. "I thought it was probably the end of my career," he says. But out of the scandal and distortions he salvaged a memorable song, Dirty Laundry, which could have just as neatly applied to his next brush with notoriety, as the host of the New Year's party at which Donna...
...fire line that ended at map coordinate NJ 9842, at the southern foot of the Saltoro Range. The negotiators did not extend the line because there had been no fighting in Kashmir's northernmost reaches, but merely mentioned that the line should continue "thence north to the glaciers." Despite minor adjustments after the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan wars, the official boundary still ends at NJ 9842, leaving the Siachen ownership question unresolved...
...three members of the cockpit crew survived the crash, but Greco said the first-class section was devastated. Passengers in rows nine through 19 suffered only minor injuries, he added, but "there was nothing left of the rear half of the aircraft...
...ones whose semiconscious, racist values are exposed and rejected in this provocative book. In separate chapters, the assertions that Blacks can't swim and lack the necessities to manage or own teams are dismissed with stories about an all-Black swimming club in Cleveland and the only Black-owned minor league franchise in history. There are also chapters about the dearth of Black catchers in baseball and the stereotype of Latin players as hot-blooded...
...perfectly plotted comedy in the English language, Twelfth Night may be the most profound: its main subjects are death, madness, the delights of cruelty, the self-deluding and dreamlike quality of sexual attraction, the randomness of justice. Guskin's troupe makes the play merely sprightly, an ingratiating but seemingly minor work...