Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quoted dictum "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice." The practical effects of that maxim have centered on the area in which Mao made his costliest errors: agriculture. During 25 years in power, Mao channeled the vast bulk of all investment into heavy industry, while neglecting to ensure a corresponding rise in food production. At the same time, he encouraged his people to maintain the country's explosive birth rate. Because of this, and a striking rise in life expectancy (from 40 in 1950 to over 60 today), China...
...Radcliffe Fund in Holvoke Center and getting the Class Gift machinery humming. They choose regional gift captains, each in charge of a couple of Houses; then there are two gift co-captains for each House: and finally there are the many class agents in each house who do the bulk of the soliciting. For all these people there are special activities: a kick-off dinner at the Boston Harvard Club; during the drive there are progress parties where agents can discuss their progress and their problems; and at the end there is a big party at the Penthouse Suite...
...nice to get the 'W'," Cox said, but added that Marchese did the bulk of the work "It was definitely Charlie...
...special report to be released this week by the California attorney general's office details the growth of clandestine labs. Though the report does not specifically link Hell's Angels to methamphetamine stashes, FBI officials suspect the club is behind the bulk of them. "They have their own operation and distribution network," says Floyd Clarke, deputy assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division. "The entire organization is involved in the operation...
...bulk of the Postal Service's revenues still comes from old-fashioned mail. Despite the computer age and talk about electronic messages doing away with letters, more, not less, mail is being sent. Christmas volume last year ran 800 million pieces ahead of the 1982 rate. U.S. banks and brokers had to send out millions of Internal Revenue Service W-9 forms this year to comply with new requirements on reporting interest income. The Postal Service earned $100 million just on those bank mailings alone...