Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what of the Senate? Senators play in the riskier game than representatives. Between the higher prestige of the office and the scarcity of opportunities to achieve it, Senate races attract stronger challengers. Senators also are more newsworthy. Unlike representatives, they do not themselves provide the bulk of the information that constituents receive. Moreover, Senators are expected to maintain a higher profile on the great issues of the day. For all these reasons Senators face tougher elections than modern representatives...
Despite the renewal of the federal Superfund program, the clean-up effort will be expensive. Some of the cost of cleanup will be borne by polluters, and the Superfund will help with the most urgent and expensive projects. The bulk of the cost, however, will fall on state taxpayers in the form of increased taxes and bond issues. That's why voting for the tax ceiling proposed in Question 3 would be serious mistake. According to a recent poll, almost two-thirds of Massachusetts voters were willing to pay an extra $100 in taxes to fund the clean-up effort...
Branca was rewarded for his success by being rested for the bulk of the next two matches...
...dinner, all with distinguished guests of honor--are by invitation only. For example, a luncheon to honor writing at Harvard, an event that might interest a wide audience of students, has been closed to all but 60. The coordinators in University Hall have already drafted the guest lists. The bulk of the invitations will soon land in the mailboxes of students who hold positions of perceived power or prestige in campus organizations. In demographic terms, your 17 percent chance of gaining admission to Harvard was more than double the likelihood of your copping an invitation to one of the exclusive...
...addition, organizers of the October 6-12 gala, which will cost in the neighborhood of $140,000, said the bulk of the celebration will take place in the houses, where celebrated alumni or affiliates will give symposia, dine with students or perform...