Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...students- we are just beginning." A considerably bigger boost will come from a 1963 education bill, just now being implemented, by which $232 million this year and $464 million next year will be granted to help build college facilities, 22% of it going to public junior colleges. While the bulk of financial support for such public colleges still comes from funds of local communities, state aid is generally increasing. At the same time, administration of these colleges is shifting away from the regular local school boards to independent college boards-a trend that provides a desirable separation from the high...
...song uncurl from his cavernous mouth with the nonchalance of a man blowing smoke rings. He savored each vowel until it whispered in the ear. He excelled at romantic ballads-Too Young, Unforgettable, Somewhere Along the Way, Pretend, Answer Me, My Love, Ramblin' Rose-which made up the bulk of his $50 million record sales...
...Atlanta probably mean that many fewer students will work this summer in Mississippi for the council of Federated Organizations (COFO)-the coalition of SNCC, the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SNCC had provided the bulk of the COFO volunteers...
...will was published in London. He left an estate valued at $744,950 after death duties, consisting principally of his London home and his Surrey stud farm, and bequeathed one-third to his widow Clementine and the rest to his four children. The will did not represent the bulk of Churchill's wealth, derived from book royalties estimated at $3,000,000; that was in a trust, set up in 1946 for his children and grandchildren, and under Crown law exempt from death duties...
Symbolically, the titles of President and vice-President were changed to chairman and vice-chairman to avoid connotations of governing power. In addition, the bulk of the work was divided between three standing committees--Executive, Elections, and Combined Charities. The committee system, according to one student, was "an attempt to avoid the evils of putting too much power in one person's hands." Membership in the organizations was set at 21 students, to be chosen by House elections and House Committees...