Word: portion
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...sensing a potential windfall for the state, and desiring to make the best of a situation in which he had to allow gambling but did not want its propagation, worked out a deal with Foxwoods. As long as Connecticut prohibited all private gambling, Foxwoods would pay the state a portion of its intake every year (the amount paid last year approached $200 million), essentially purchasing a government-sanctioned gambling monopoly for itself...
...does, and the nettlesome portion is repeated, the President can veto Congress's action. Congress could then override the veto, but a two-thirds vote would be required--a near impossibility in the real world...
While the latter two changes were incorporated, the first two were rejected. Whatever the logistical and/or ideological reasons for this rejection, the document now failed to condmen a significant portion of the violence and hate that exists, rendering it a statement which we as a religious organization could not, in good conscience, sign. While we agree with the statement's condemnation of recent terrorism, the realization that certain related violent acts are consciously not being condemned in this same statement forces us to qualify our support of this petition...
That would be Harvard's last win for a few days. In the double-elimination portion of the tournament--the first three games were round-robin--Harvard lost to Toledo, 2-1, and Bowling Green...
...many average citizens are aware that the system could be bankrupt within 25 years that politicians who deny the problem risk losing their credibility. In fact, the greatest philosophical shift in Social Security's 60-year history is actually in the offing--a move toward privatizing at least a portion of the system so that workers could establish individual retirement accounts and invest in stocks and bonds. Still, swift action is unlikely. It's an election year, after all. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole will surely avoid supporting a solution without knowing how voters will react. But a loud...