Word: portion
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...significant portion of Americans, Buchanan is a leader, and leadership is what Americans want most from their candidates. The art of leadership, especially in a democracy, is not one of command but of persuasion. The leader who fails to consider his constituents will find himself or herself abandoned. A real leader articulates a vision that resonates with his or her supporters. He provides answers to their problems; he convinces them that he is the man or the woman to execute those plans...
...first-person plural, Buchanan is exhibiting a detachment from black citizens. The cause, one for which the fight continues, is not his. This is a frightening fact--that the push for racial integration is not a goal of a political leader. That this unconstitutional mindframe can appeal to a portion of the populace bears testimony to the erosion of America's social values. Where are the counter-attacks to his monstrous assertions...
...portion of the donation was given to Harvard through a trust fund created in 1983, whose interest was meant to provide FAS with financing for an unnamed project. The second part of the donation was made through the University's current five-year, $2.1 billion capital campaign by the Barkers and the J.M.R. Barker Foundation...
Instead of staying in their party, she predicted the more moderate portion of the Republican Party will vote for Clinton if Buchanan receives the nomination...
Even when people are truthful, online relationships are necessarily limited. "You're only accessing a portion of a person," points out psychologist Michelle Weil of Orange, California. "As people, we need a tactile physical presence to make a complete bond. We need to see their face, see their gestures and smell their breath." Jonathan Steuer, an Internet consultant who lives in San Francisco with a woman he courted by E-mail, agrees: "Finding someone online is great as long as you take it to the face-to-face level and have a real-life relationship...