Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scientific research and of the simplification of intelligence into a one-dimensional characteristic; he uses intelligence testing, he says, to prove this larger point. However, his scientific jargon and awkward writing style in this part hinder clear presentation of these valid points. The beautiful narrative style evident in the bulk of the book is not evident in his hypothesizing...
...Brattle St., though, they may be thinking a little differently. West Cambridge has always been the power base of city liberals; it's here that the CCA finds the bulk of its votes, and it's here that Abt and others like her must do well to win seats on the council. For a long time, this area was the home of "good government" sentiment. The Brattle St. folk, distressed at the fashion which the Irish pols were running the city, formed the CCA in the 1940s, and for a long time the organization was dominated by a sort...
Restrictions on condominium conversion were adopted two years ago; they are crucial, for without them rent control is all but meaningless. The pressure on the city's housing market is great enough that within a decade, most forecasters conclude, the bulk of city apartments would have become condominiums. Rents might still be controlled, but very few people would be paying them. And so the dispute over condo conversion seems the likeliest battleground for tenants and developers to fight it out. For the ideological reasons outlined above, large parts of the traditional CCA constituency may become supporters of the developers...
Johnson added that CCA officials had been meeting with representives of condo owners, and said he thought the "bulk of condo owners would be CCA voters...
...important in a different way. Lose this one and the Crimson is looking at a three-game winless streak with Dartmouth knocking on the door next weekend. Win it and the squad is 2-0 in the Ivies with momentum on its side. That's important since the bulk of the Ivy schedule (four consecutive league games) begins this week...