The essence of the book is in the long, slow nights that Mr. Weber spends unwinding over a beer or two with dozens of big- and minor-league umpires.
Okay, Bryan Cranston was never a bad actor, but he spent all of the 80's and 90's in prolific minor roles on the big and small screen.
Americans can have big discussions about big issues, but math and minor details are a hard combination to hang a campaign on.
I have also faced rather smaller, persistent frustrations, such as never being able to find a pair of site boots less than three sizes too big and the seemingly minor yet critical issue of forgetting a site visit and wearing a skirt to work.
Gahan sings with unsparing emotional commitment against Soulsavers' canvas of gospel-tinged backing vocals, ghostly organ and big minor chords.
"Throughout the program we've had many disputes, some of them big and some of them minor," Coutts said.
Everybody received £500 for their pains, but while for some people these pains took the form of knocked-out teeth and minor injuries, my biggest discomfort was sitting too close to the portable heater.
Mr. Menuhin has much of the spotlight to himself tonight and on Sunday afternoon, when he will play Schubert's big C minor Sonata (D. 958) and the Impromptu No. 3 in B flat (D. 935) before the other players join him for the Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A (Op. 26).
"But exactly with these minor compromises start the big and dangerous ones, the real problems.
In an interview with the Times, Václav Havel, the former Czech dissident and President, said of Obama, "With these minor compromises start the big and dangerous ones, the real problems".
The Oscars have a long history of snubbing deserving talent and recognising big hitters for minor work (Al Pacino won an Oscar not for Serpico or The Godfather films but for the tissue box drama Scent of Woman).
