Word: portion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Most of our work (for the election) will and must be of a variety that lacks glory but brings victory," he continued. "Knocking on doors, working on sound trucks, inanuing the polls, sending out letters, canvassing voters, raising funds . . . will . . . constitute the major portion of our efforts for a great triumph in November...
...boxer Ajax, because, "after all, he is the best looking." Then Schumacher repeated his familiar line: "The partition of Germany is the greatest source of strength for Soviet policy. Reunification is an aim more pressing and more important for peace . . . than any form of integration of one portion of Germany with other European countries." It turned out to be his last no to Western policy. That night, Kurt Schumacher, 56, leader of 7,000,000 German Socialists, died in his sleep of coronary thrombosis...
...report on changes indicates the "emphasis on rigorous control of language will continue" as will the "study of logical procedure and of the various ways in which language works." However, this latter portion of the course will be "conducted indirectly and spread through all the writing projects of the year." This year the entire first term was devoted to short, 300 word exercises on problems of logical and objective use of language, largely drawn from a logic book...
...necessary consequence of taking the sense of the community by the concurrent majority is . . . to give to each interest or portion of the community a negative on the others. It is this mutual negative among its various conflicting interests, which invests each with the power of protecting itself;-and places the rights and safety of each, where only they can be securely placed, under its own guardianship. Without this there can be no systematic, peaceful, or effective resistance to the natural tendency of each to come into conflict with the others; and without this there can be no Constitution...
...Ford Motor Co., whose financial operations have always been clouded in secrecy, has long insured itself by setting aside a portion of its earnings to build up a fund against losses. Last week, Ford decided to buy its insurance on the outside. Through Chicago insurance brokers Marsh & McLennan, Inc., the company took out a policy with the Factory Insurance Association, an organization of 99 stock insurance companies. The policy, for $1.6 billion, is believed to be the biggest single block of insurance ever issued. Estimated premium: $1,600,000. Marsh & McLennan's probable cut as brokers...