Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Clark trounced three white opponents in the August primary, he captured 20% of the white vote. He will have to retain a good portion of that support in November. While the newly drawn Second District is the state's first predominantly black district since 1966-a result of Justice Department intervention when recent redistricting plans appeared to dilute black voting blocs-about 20% more whites than blacks are registered to vote. This disparity has black organizations scrambling to sign up an estimated 70,000 eligible but unregistered blacks in the district's 21 counties. Former Circuit Court...
Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III said that the guide's evaluation of Harvard should not be interpreted as representative of widespread opinion among Black students here. "The write-up gives the impression that the views are of a substantial portion of minority students at Harvard, but no sample size is given...
...have been exposed as quite weak. Out of anger and apathy, more than 500,000 young men have so far avoided the law. Recent indictments may lower that figure, but congressional studies show that it would be almost impossible--not to mention grossly wasteful--to rope in a significant portion of the violators. To continue with the current half-hearted, selective prosecution policy would be unjust...
...acquired its major portion of the property--the Simplex area--from the old Simplex cable and Wire Company in 1970. It did not acquire the full 27-acre site until 1980, however, and it began seeking a developer last spring
After 20 years of slipping, they rose three points overall on the 1600-pont scale, from 424 to 426 on the verbal portion and from 466 to 467 on the math...