Word: portion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University may exchange a portion of Observatory Hill for the Corporal Burns playground, a possible site for the proposed tenth House, according to Charles P. Whitlock, assistant to the President for civic affairs...
...Presidential Inaugural Parade and Ceremonies (NBC, ABC and CBS from 11 a.m.). More commentators than Kennedys as each network throws in its anchormen and a horde of ancillaries. For the parade portion, beginning at approximately 2 p.m., NBC will shift to color cameras...
...quartz crystal, which converts electrical energy from an oscillator into mechanical vibrations in the air at a frequency of 1,000,000 cycles per second. A cone-shaped concentrator mechanically coupled to the crystal intensifies these vibrations and produces a sharply defined beam. The surgeon removes a small portion of the bone behind the ear, acoustically irradiates the exposed canal with the gun's waves. Much as a soprano's high note can shatter a wineglass, the beams shot from the gun are supposed to shake the diseased cell structure and destroy it. In preliminary tests...
...noncommittal comment of President-elect Jack Kennedy: "It is an interesting and constructive study, which I know will be carefully analyzed by the Congress and the incoming Administration." At week's end the word around Washington was that Kennedy had no intention of submitting any significant portion of the Symington program to Congress...
...liberally educated man, so few would quarrel with Whitla on that score. It is quite another matter, however, to set up a tautology--even an operational one. The men whom House Masters are likely to rate liberally educated, are those with initiative in meeting people. Thus, in this portion of its results, what the survey shows is that students who meet people easily met the faculty often. Fortunately, this does not damage the usefulness of the survey, for the revealing parts of it are the students' own statements about their college experiences...