Word: portioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Filipinos had their independence. Said a Filipino jeep driver: "It feels good." The Manila Bulletin greeted sovereignty with a reservation that older, larger nations might find appropriate: "It is for the Philippines, no less than every other country which wishes to preserve peace, to sacrifice a portion of sovereignty, that is to say, the privilege of doing as it pleases, in the common good...
...diplomat father did nothing to avert. But most of the Wind's virtues and practically all of its faults must be credited to Playwright Hellman, who generally manages to mix propaganda and playwriting pretty deftly. This time her plugging runs away with her plotting: the outsized portion of sermon occasionally preaches more convincingly than it plays...
...spring term much discontent prevailed in the house and the food strike threatened was traceable directly to the forced food savings program. Most of the discontent is attributable to specific items omitted-break, cakes, and desert. These items, while not always nourishing, possibly are the most refreshing portion of a usual meal, and the psychologic value shouldn't be over shadowed by dietary considerations...
...news anticipates trouble, of course, but not anything like the trouble we ran into last week on the Luckman-Lever Bros, story. At a time when we should have had the story well under control 1) the writer assigned to it was down with ptomaine poisoning; 2) a major portion of the research was missing; 3) we weren't even sure of the release date...
...Orleans was largely populated by Frenchmen, Italians and Spaniards. What with the original families and those who have immigrated across the southern border, the greatest portion of the Crescent City's white population is of Latin origin. It creeps into their music now and again, often very effectively. Mannone's old "Isle of Capri" or his newer "O Sole Mio," Bob Crosby's "Palesteena" or "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," are examples of jazz somewhat on the Nespolitan side...