Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kaufman and the other Second Circuit judges have had some help from lawyers themselves. The bulk of the cases in the Second, which covers Vermont and Connecticut as well as New York, involve New York City problems and are argued by the generally able and responsive members of the New York...
...only 23% muscle, in contrast to 40% for men. Dr. Jack Wilmore, president of the American College of Sports Medicine, has found that women, because they have low levels of the androgenic hormones that enlarge muscles, can increase their strength 50% to 75% with no increase in muscle bulk. Witness Virginia Wade, sleek and slender, who can serve a tennis ball at 92 m.p.h...
Gulfs crunch came in 1975. Kuwait, where Gulf had poured the bulk of its foreign investment money, took over the company's share of Kuwait Oil Co., with its wells, refineries and other facilities, cutting off Gulfs biggest and most profitable source of crude. Venezuela also took over Gulfs holdings. General Atomic, a joint Gulf-Royal Dutch/Shell venture, pulled out of the production of high-temperature nuclear gas reactors after heavy losses. Meantime, Gulf had missed out on most of the big U.S.oil strikes?the Rocky Mountains, west Texas, east Texas and Alaska...
This year's campaign should be similar to the gubernatorial race, although Ravenel says he probably will not spend quite as much on television coverage. Instead, a large part of his budget will go to flights and trips across the state. And the bulk of his spending will be between June and November, as he does not face any really serious competition in the June Democratic primary...
...They live in the same building yet you see them pass each other on the stairs without talking. Time goes by and he looks older and frailer while she, despite her bulk, decays faster until one day she faints climbing the stairs. This stirs him; he visits, brings flowers and introduces himself. She offers him candy which he won't eat, doctor's orders. But in the end she wins; he dies first, which is fitting...