Word: portion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During this same period, income has doubled, but costs have quadrupled. As a result, other immediate sources of income have come to share a larger portion of the expenses, and in particular, this is one of the reasons for the tuition increases of as much as 25 percent in the College and several of the graduate schools...
...current negotiations for a new dining hall contract result in a strike, a sizable portion of the University is going to be elated. For the more liberal elements in the Houses it could go a long way toward making the year worthwhile. Not only will they be able to see the University publicly embarrassed by labor troubles, but they may be able to get off board, a windfall of no small importance...
Evidently the fast set controlled some portion of the press, however, for Eliot found defense, some thoughtful and some puerile...
Nowadays Shimoda stages an annual "Carnival of the Black Ships" celebrating the U.S. opening of Japan to the West, and an actress assumes the honored role of Okichi. But, says Author Yamata, U.S. ambassadors do not stay to acknowledge that portion of the ceremony...
...upcoming Broadway season, if only a portion of the prospects pan out, promises great things. In the side-of-the-mouth accents of the tradesheet Variety, "B'way legit never had it so good...