Word: portion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perhaps the most ridiculous portion of the whole ridiculous article was that referring to our "connection" with "Students for America." As far as I have been able to discover, no member of the proposed League knows anyone connected with this organization, or has been in contact with...
...BELIEVE THAT PAY-AS-YOU-SEE WILL BECOME A PART-TIME SERVICE ON ALL CHANNELS, WITH STANDARD TV STATIONS DEVOTING A PORTION OF THEIR BROADCAST TIME TO SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THE VIEWER WILL PAY A DIRECT FEE, AND THE REMAINDER OF THEIR BROADCAST SCHEDULE TO PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY ADVERTISERS. THIS TYPE OF OPERATION WOULD GIVE STATIONS A DUAL SOURCE OF INCOME ... IT WOULD ALSO PERMIT PROFITABLE OPERATION OF TV STATIONS IN MARKETS TOO SMALL FOR USE BY NATIONAL ADVERTISERS...
...addition to the fare rise, Herter's plan calls for the permanent assessing of the MTA's fixed charges on the 14 cities and towns in the transit district. It also provides that this portion of the debt will not be considered in establishing fares...
...most interesting, and most disturbing portion of the subsidies section is Dale Hathaway's report on just how few farmers understand the basic economics of the Government's parity program. Almost all who don't understand it have an opinion on it anyway. They usually equate high parities with justice and universal goodness. Those who understand the economics best were least willing to accept controls on their production...
Section 2, for example, would subject a large portion of diplomatic business to a procedure fit only for Constitutional amendments. A treaty shall become effective as internal law of the United States only through legislation which would be valid in the absence of treaty. This is not a return to the Articles of Confederation by any means, for the federal government's share of power is much larger than it once was. Nevertheless, much of the most elementary stuff of foreign affairs would fall within Bricker's charmed circle. As the New York Times pointed out, even the common-garden...