Word: portion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...color problem remains the central problem of the twentieth century." It affects the nation in all areas of life, from foreign policy to personal relationships, he said, and at the same time serves to alienate 22,000,000 Negro citizens from their white countrymen and from a large portion of their government's decisions...
Matthews serves 500 freshmen in the south portion of the yard; another depot in Holworthy handles 350 freshmen in the north half, and a third in Greenough serves the Union dorms...
Controversy is also expected over the election of a new Secretary General. Logical candidate for the job is Burma's taciturn U Thant, who is serving out the unexpired portion of Dag Hammarskjold's term. Backed solidly by the Asian bloc, Thant is also assured of U.S. support; although he is a neutralist, the U.S. cannot hope to get a much more pro-Western man in the present U.N. But the Soviet Union and its satellite delegations have indicated that they will wage another campaign in favor of the troika, a three-headed (one Western, one neutral...
...know for certain which level is fact and which fabrication. As soon as the titles go on the screen, X's voice is heard describing the walls and gardens of the hotel. This voice continues to be heard sometimes as an understone, often as the major sound portion of the film. Like the organ music which flows along for a time, barely noticed, and then blares out to punctuate a particular event, it seems always to be present as an oral foundation for an intricate visual structure. It is the first level...
...product of a simpler time, applies only to old-fashioned aggression. But in his wisdom, Monroe spoke for generations unborn and perils unenvisioned. What he declared to be dangerous to the U.S.'s peace and safety was "any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere . . . interposition in any form." That unmistakably applies to Cuba...