Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Graduate Student Association Council has traditionally been one of Harvard's most apolitical student organizations. In years past, the great bulk of its activity has consisted of running social events: sherry parties, beer blasts...
...allies had not only dominated the battlefield but had also seized the political initiative with the successful series of elections last year that culminated in the installation of Nguyen Van Thieu as civilian President under a new constitution. Increasingly, the bulk of the war was being fought on South Viet Nam's peripheries, leaving a virtual vacuum in the countryside that allied pacification efforts were moving to fill. A dramatic demonstration of Communist power and prowess was required. To Giap, the countryside general offensive seemed tailormade for the task...
...French government paid the bulk of the $500,000 bill for the gathering and provided most of the economists for the discussions. Some of the chiefs of state flew in aboard Caravelle or Mystere jets. Everyone spoke French at the meetings. In one of the most important speeches, President Leopold Senghor of Senegal, the unofficial poet laureate of black Africa, made an extraordinary statement for an area that has gloried in shucking off colonial rule. Said Senghor: "We desire to keep and use fruitfully the positive aspects of Francophone colonialism...
Like the products of the Underground-film world, campus movies are something of an acquired taste-which is one good reason why they have a limited commercial future. More than that, the bulk of them are simply the exuberant and untalented posturings of youth, which have no more claim to lasting attention than the sophomore poems and short stories turned out every year by aspiring collegiate Salingers and Updikes. Occasionally, of course, a gifted student like Coppola will graduate to the ranks of Hollywood professionals. In the long run, though, the contemporary enthusiasm for student films is likely to turn...
Blasto. To a great extent, TV has ignored its responsibility in programming. The bulk of children's programming is at best dismal. Since the big dollar is in prime-time programming, none of the networks even bothers to have a children's division; and most producers of children's TV think of it only as a chance to pick up some experience before moving up to the big time. With a few notable exceptions, such as Popular Scientist Don Herbert's Watch...