Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most people assumed that the bulk of the "new territories," as Israelis soon dubbed them, were negotiable in any peace settlement with the Arabs. The new boundaries would be hard to guard, so the argument went, the new lands hard to govern. But the Arabs have yet to show any interest in a settlement, and the Israelis are clearly in no hurry to give up what they have...
...Negro leaders have not endorsed their favorite candidate to avoid alienating his white supporters. Although Negroes plan no bloc voting, State Treasurer William Winter and Jackson District Attorney William Waller have the largest Negro support. But if Winter, who is the nearest thing to a moderate, does get the bulk of the Negro vote in the first primary, he may lose much white support in the two-man runoff. A runoff is inevitable because no candidate is close to a majority...
Through mergers, ITT has been striving to reduce its historic dependence on overseas manufacturing of telephone and electronic equipment and services for the bulk of its income. Thanks chiefly to his relentless pursuit of diversification, Geneen last year achieved his goal of balancing the company's foreign and domestic earnings. ITT's total profits reached a record $89.9 million in 1966 as its sales rose 14%, to $2.1 billion. Levitt's sales, as they have on the average for five years in a row, climbed by 25%, to $94 million. And the building company, which also retails...
...line of cars, so named for its appeal to the modern German, comes in four basic models. Two of these, the "1600," at $2,162, capable of doing more than 100 m.p.h., and the luxury class "2000 CS" ($4,375) which cruises comfortably at 116 m.p.h., account for the bulk of this year's sales...
...find an appropriate mood. The lines of the stage and of the portable sets are simple and clean. The actors present the material briskly and without complication. In the first part of the evening excerpts from various plays and poems are recited by members of the company. The bulk of the evening is devoted to a shortened version of Man is Man, the story of how a timid Indian is transformed into the terror of the British Colonial Army...