Word: portion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thus, the Crimson completed the match play portion of its season in excellent fashion, and the team was quite pleased to have reversed its fortunes of the previous few days...
...were very proud of that win," Wylie said. "It was a great way to finish up the match play portion of our season...
...Acceptability Factor is Harvard Dining Services' oh-so-scientific attempt to answer the vital question: What percentage of students who walk into the dining hall will actually end up taking a single portion of this dish? With the most scrumptious dishes, students will often take more than a single portion or occasionally even stuff themselves silly with "seconds" or (date we say) "thirds." That's why the numbers for the tastiest entrees are greater than...
...John Hood wrote in the latest issue of Reason magazine, "Since a college knows the average expected family contribution of their student body, it makes sense for administrators to boost their charges above that amount--thus making more students eligible for aid. Families will pay more, but a good portion of the tuition hike will be picked up by the government. Hence, colleges and universities can get more money for providing exactly the same service." (Didn't you always wonder why tuition is so high...
...they have, almost alone, kept alive what in Cohn's day was one of Hollywood's more agreeable genres: the handsomely made, well-acted literary-historical drama. These movies reflected the cultural aspirations of producers like Irving Thalberg and David O. Selznick while serving the needs of that portion of the audience not enamored of car chases and tommy-gun fire...