Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dominance over the economic and political life of the nation. With the March pogrom designed to wipe out an of rusive Hindu minority and seed a loyal Moslem middle class, the military leaders hoped they could create a province loyal to be whims of the western, almost entirely Moslem, portion of the nation. In democratic elections held the previous December the people of East Pakistan had cast ballots over whelmingly in favor of a regional parts. Shark Mupbar Rahman's Awami league, which promised to demand what amounted to home rule...
...Russell, elected vice mayor for the second consecutive term, called for unanimity to help solve the city's persistent financial and housing woes, the council split sharply on its only significant action in the abbreviated meeting--an order that prohibits the city administration from hiring attorneys to defend a portion of Cambridge's anti-condominium conversion ordinance...
...Gromyko about the continuing Soviet buildup in Afghanistan, and about Cuban involvement in Central America and southern Africa. The U.S. wants a Cuban withdrawal from Angola as part of a general settlement on Namibia (South West Africa). This subject, according to the Secretary of State, "occupied an extensive portion of our exchanges." In one important area, U.S. and Soviet interests seemed to coincide: continuing the month-old Geneva talks on intermediate-range theater nuclear weapons. But overall, said Haig, his discussions with Gromyko were "very sober." Gromyko, in turn, blamed the U.S. for blocking START. But when asked...
...addition, several donors said, the Fogg's longstanding prestige may have been seriously tarnished by the plan -- proposed in the final stages of Bok's consideration--to sell a portion of the museum's artworks to help finance escalated operation and maintenance costs...
...second half was largely academic, because the Crimson was unable to surmount the lead acquired by Koziara and company. Neither team dominated play for the remaining portion of the game: Harvard's more durable defense evenly distributed the scoring of the contest...