Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...apparently of period design, a piece that typifies a bygone era. . . . Yet Mr. Churchill does not seem to reflect its attributes. Rather, his pensive and somewhat uncomfortable expression would indicate his realization that the elegance that was England is no more, that she will no longer regally dominate the bulk of the world's thought and the world's commerce...
...seat to which young (43) Wayne Morse may aspire is now warmed by the hulking bulk of Rufus C. Holman, 66, paper-box manufacturer and Old Guard Republican, chiefly distinguished in the Senate for his opposition to Lend-Lease and for labor-baiting. Rumbling Rufus Holman has not yet disclosed his 1944 intentions; if he runs for reelection, he is certain of the solid backing of the Oregon G.O.P. machine...
According to the report, the great bulk of the government's investment has been concentrated within a few companies in a few industries, so that the number of companies with serious reconversion problems is very small, although these companies are very large employers of labor...
Five years later Burns and a youth named Bern rented a second-floor loft and opened BB's College of Dancing. They got together a four-piece band so noisy that it had to play near an open window to let the bulk of the syncopation blast into the street. This also served as ballyhoo. The boys got some of their customers by going to Ellis Island and approaching immigrants just off the boats. The sales talk: one of the first requisites of U.S. citizenship was a $5 course of dancing lessons...
...members include two NROTC men, but the bulk of the group is from the civilian Houses. The Council's newly-elected members are as follows: Robert Beren, of Adams House: E. J. Jacob, of Lowell House; Ellis Kaplan, of Adams House, Brewster Kopp, of Lowell House: Ronald Newburgh., of Lowell House; Albert Petite, of Kirkland House: John Rowe, of Kirkland House: Donald Willner, of Adams House, and Robin Worthington, of Lowell House...