Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. From LearnThat.org. [Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).]
He held a minority position. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
When the vote was taken they were in the minority. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Even the term minority is scrutinized and found poisonous. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
I am by no means here to defend the term minority, minorities, or majorities. From Wordnik.com. [Can we find a better term for “Marginalized” People?] Reference
I just have to ask, at what point in time do they drop the term minority from their description?. From Wordnik.com. [The TexasFred Blog] Reference
So the alleged "minority" is larger than it seems. From Wordnik.com. [About: Blinded by Science] Reference
You could argue that a minority is always coerced by the majority. From Wordnik.com. [Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains] Reference
It amazes me when people start claiming that the minority is the majority. From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln, Landrieu, Nelson meeting with Reid] Reference
In Canada we do “hung Parliament”, which we call minority government, all the time. From Wordnik.com. [British election uncertainty] Reference
The minute that a majority strips rights from a minority is the day that the Constitution dies. From Wordnik.com. [New fight in gay marriage battle] Reference
Currently, crime against a minority is apparently more important as it gets labled as a hate crime. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: "Laramie Project:" Get Me Re-Write] Reference
As far as governing goes, the minority is the minority for a reason and the majority is the majority because we the people want change. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » New poll finds more Americans in favor of eliminating the filibuster.] Reference
One of the students argued that she didn’t like the term minority because it means “less than.”. From Wordnik.com. [Can we find a better term for “Marginalized” People?] Reference
Melanoma rate increaing in minority populations. From Wordnik.com. [Safety Snippets] Reference
But to Ritholtz, even a small minority is too large. From Wordnik.com. [Foreclosure Crisis 'A Legal Impossibility', Ritholtz Says (WATCH)] Reference
Being forced to be an ethnic minority is even harder. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fifty-five years after Brown v. Board, Mississippi county schools ordered to stop school segregation.] Reference
How do you feel about the terms minority and majority?. From Wordnik.com. [Can we find a better term for “Marginalized” People?] Reference
A minority is in the news and rumored to maybe face him. From Wordnik.com. [Delegate Clarke Hogan Opposes Memorial Resolution] Reference
Falun Gong, a Chinese religious minority, is also suppressed. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Blackwell: No Profile in Courage at UN] Reference
He's not sure that the vocal minority translates to actual demand. From Wordnik.com. [Siliconera] Reference
The story that minority is always deprived is unavoidable falsehood. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Serbia: Threats to LGBT Population] Reference
Indeed the word minority was exclusively reserved for the racist regime. From Wordnik.com. [ELECTION MANIFESTO 1999: KWAZULU-NATAL LAUNCH] Reference
Protecting the minority is one thing, but a majority is still a majority. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’] Reference
Comment on Update II: why do you put quotation marks around the word minority?. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, that Jewish problem] Reference
The Senate consists of 100 people of which a significant minority is prima donnas. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Senior House Democrat: ‘The Senate is just a pain in the ass to everybody in the world as far as I can tell.’] Reference
The same costs exists in minority populations that are persecuted in general. bitblt says. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Missouri lawmaker: Allowing gays to serve openly increases a military’s casualty rate.] Reference
Protecting the minority is important, but the filibuster has shown how it can lead to chaos. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » New poll finds more Americans in favor of eliminating the filibuster.] Reference
Most of them are I suppose, but a considerable minority is theist, so your argument doesn't cut it. From Wordnik.com. [Behe Responds] Reference
Nevertheless, their sense of being a victimized minority is still very real -- and very marketable. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: "End Times" Election Results Biblical Republican Paranoia] Reference
It means they will have a hung parliament or what is commonly referred to as a minority government. From Wordnik.com. [UK elections] Reference
As this study shows, these fringe bankers have disproportionately set up shop in minority neighborhoods. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities] Reference
"There is no one called a minority in this country, all those who love the country are children of mother Lanka.". From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
The minority is protected on the basis of human rights by the legal system under which equal protection is offered. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Biden criticizes use of filibuster: ‘No democracy has survived needing a supermajority.’] Reference
He felt the exulted precept of Phillips, that in the cause of right the terms minority and majority were meaningless. From Wordnik.com. [Ilinois.] Reference
Yes, a nightmare scenario means charisma dies, reform fades, and Obama becomes the first, one-term minority president. From Wordnik.com. [The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy] Reference
The PKK is not interested in Kurdish minority rights within Turkish borders but clings to a fanatic ethnic nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey's European Front] Reference
"There is no one called a minority in this country, all those who love the country are children of mother Lanka," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
I think using the word minority is the disdavantage, straight away it gives the PC looney left hand wringers someone to champion. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
This comes nearly four decades after federal Affirmative Action requirements started opening doors for women and certain minority groups. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Businesses use diverse workforces in global marketplace] Reference
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