Word: portionate
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Indeed, it became obvious through the course of his lectures why someone with a voice like Heaney's is so obsessed with the beauty of words and their sound. A large portion of Heaney's lectures focused on his translation of Beowulf and the problems of translation and language in general. Language in all its personal, social and political uses is the main focus of almost all Heaney's poetry. Thus, his political posturing was and still is expressed through the subtleties of language (although the works from his most recent work, The Spirit Level, are infused with a political...
...season of high anxiety and road trips. Across the U.S., the families of more than a million high school seniors--at least those who did not do so this July and August--are spending a good portion of this autumn visiting college campuses. As the days dwindle down to a precious few before applications are due, the students are struggling to find--and get into--a college or university that will bestow upon them a pedigree ensuring success in life. Poised to court them are college-admissions staffs bristling with view books, videos and other lures of modern marketing, eager...
Kellner says the first year was "a disaster" as the WB battled for affiliates with the other start-up network, UPN. Traditionally, networks pay affiliates to carry their programming, but the WB offered no payments and went even further, asking the stations to remit a portion of their profits once they reached a certain level. Kellner's selling points were his team and the involvement of Warner Bros. and Tribune, but he was able to persuade only 54 stations to sign up. UPN, offering the traditional terms, started with nearly twice that many. Since then, though, the number...
...essay portion of the application, applicants describe a time they failed, as well as an instance where their values were challenged...
...American diet doesn't help: "We're a fast-food country, which makes us more likely to be consuming a lot of saturated fat," says Gorman. And portion size has grown steadily larger over the years. "The only way to address this problem is through changing people's diet and their exercise habits," says Gorman. "In other words, it's going to require an attitude change...