Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. From LearnThat.org. [Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).]
When the vote was taken they were in the minority. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He held a minority position. 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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