Word: bulks
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...firmly believe that every Harvard student should be exposed to many approaches to knowledge. Yet we deny that the large, watered-down lecture classes that constitute the bulk of the Core accomplish this task. The College can expand students' options without increasing requirements, allowing undergraduates to choose the liberal arts education that they deserve...
Both Toomey and Braude stated that the current system causes delays in forming the council's committees--where the bulk of council work...
...State started out with a clear advantage over California: there is more than enough electricity to go around. Like those in many other states that are taking a less radical approach to deregulation, such as Michigan and New Jersey, Pennsylvania's incumbent utilities were not required to sell the bulk of their power plants and become middlemen, vulnerable to the price spikes in the wholesale market. Even if they chose to purchase from other generators, they were allowed to lock in reasonable prices with long-term contracts instead of relying on the daily spot market. "As usual, California fired before...
...matter of practical demographics. With the shrinking of unionized manufacturing, the labor movement has lost members--and political clout. Now focusing on the growing service sector, unions see immigrants, including the estimated 5 million to 6 million undocumented workers, as a rich source of new constituents. The bulk of the illegal ones are Latinos, who are joining unions at twice the rate of Caucasians...
...California's vineyards. Mondavi looked abroad to satisfy U.S. consumer demand for wine, which was increasing 30% each year. The company found what it was looking for in the Languedoc, where grape growers were starting to market single-variety wines. The Languedoc was also a region that was abandoning bulk production in favor of high-quality winemaking. "If you look at the climate and the soils here, you've got every element you need to make world-class wine," says Pearson...