Word: portion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Cong cargo, ranging from medical supplies to heavy artillery, and nobody knew how many other ships had made it in to the coast. With continued air interdiction of North Viet Nam's overland supply routes to the south, the Communists just might be shifting a considerable portion to sea -where there is vast opportunity for concealment...
Udall was interested in the subject that the underpasses represented. Many of the ideas which had been presented at the symposium appeared in the natural resources and beauty portion of President's Johnson's annual message to Congress...
...were not enough that the storms had wrought such suffering, people in cities and towns along the northern portion of the Mississippi River got ready for new troubles. Early last week the spring thaws from the north began sending countless tons of water hurtling down the river. Thousands of residents in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa evacuated their homes as the river rose as much as 12 ft. above flood stage; in St. Paul it crested at 27 ft., in Minneapolis at 21 ft. Parts of the region already were under water as townspeople rushed to the riverbanks to help...
Besides this stick, the Report recommends a carrot: increased state aid for programs specifically intended to cut down racial imbalance. Because the Commonwealth already provides a substantial portion of local school budgets, and because the Boston School Committee is continually short of funds, both the carrot and the stick are likely to have a significant effect...
...past years, the Treasury has induced central banks abroad to retain their dollars instead of converting them to ingots. Using "Roosa bonds" (named for former Under Secretary Robert Roosa) and complicated currency swaps the Treasury has "financed" the balance of payments deficit. Foreign central banks have backed a portion of their currency with dollars (and pounds), just as the Federal Reserve backs our own currency with gold. Last year, as a result, the deficit was 3 bilion dollars, but the gold drain was only 125 million...