Word: bulking
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...Salient I also mentioned that today's military requires that almost all recruits have a high school diploma or its equivalent, which excludes from the military nearly three quarters of the Black men who used to apply, along with many other poor people. The armed forces draw the bulk of their strength neither from an exploited underclass nor from the generally hedonistic upper classes, but from the lower-middle and middle classes, who usually think that serving in the military is an honorable way to live...
...outside diversion is welcomed. "It is very important to keep up morale in the midst of such a lonely and isolating experience as a war in a desert," says Army Lieut. Colonel Robert Dawson, deputy director of the military broadcasting center in Los Angeles, which gathers the bulk of its programming from U.S. radio and TV stations. The armed forces usually pay a small fee for entertainment, but scores of producers and show-biz executives are donating their programs. Both the Super Bowl and last week's Grammy Awards were beamed in live. Taped segments of Los Angeles Laker games...
...which provides the bulk of the Medical School's research dollars, awarded the school $30 million dollars in grants over the fiscal year, according to Moore...
...thirds of America's economy, which means that when buyers are spooked, the rest of the economy shudders. In the last shopping days before Christmas, stores across the country were already thick with post- holiday sales. Some items were moving nicely: oversize freezers to keep groceries bought in bulk; wood stoves to cut down on utility bills; shoe trees, mason jars, sewing kits, to extend the life of life's necessities; and any $5 present that looked as if it cost $25. At the IKEA store in Elizabeth, N.J., shoppers could lease a Christmas tree...
More study is essential. The bulk of the research being conducted on the health effects of electromagnetic radiation -- at a cost of some $10 million a year -- is paid for by the Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute, neither of which is a disinterested party. The EPA used to conduct its own studies, but funding for its research was cut off by the Reagan Administration. Perhaps the best candidate for new funding would be the National Institutes for Health. The research should examine not only the effects of ELF fields but also those of less-studied radiation...