Word: portion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That leaves no way around a heavy dependence on coal. The best China can hope for, say experts, is to cut coal's portion of the energy mix from 75% to 60% by 2010. The imperative, then, is to find cleaner, more efficient ways to burn the plentiful fossil fuel, reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur compounds and the incompletely combusted particles that form soot...
...sign of civilization. But in a collegiate setting, such a practice threatens the institution's very purpose. If a professor collects evidence that suggests, for instance, an innate male advantage in understanding mathematical concepts but is reluctant to present such a view lest he offend the distaff portion of his class, the University's search for truth has suffered a setback. And this sort of thing takes place more often than we know...
...because those who are not Christian often perceive such symbols as religious, while Christians perceive them as secular. But the fact is, other religious groups, such as Jews and Muslims, don't celebrate Christmas, and when a House uses students' money to erect Christmas trees, they ignore a substantial portion of the House population...
Gregoire, however, has responded that any council members that discussed the specifics of the Liston case with the Crimson, have violated a council's executive order since that portion of the meeting was closed to the public...
...person to come out and leak information discussed in a closed portion of an Executive Board meeting is not appropriate and is furthermore grounds for reprimand and censure," Gregoire said. "All proceeding regarding reinstatement have been closed by Executive Order and by a unanimous consent of the Executive Board...