Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe that they had not been thorough in her daughter's case. From a nursing manual, she learned that when there is evidence of severe pressure inside the skull, a lumbar puncture is usually performed only as a last-ditch diagnostic test because it can result in a portion of the brain's being pushed down into the spine, possibly causing death. According to the manual, a brain scan should be performed first...
...good rule to remember is this: Never assume anyone else's level of interest is the same as your own, and respect him or her for it. Most people fall somewhere between the library-bound wonks and the slow-witted jocks, and manage to carve a satisfactory (for them) portion of athletic turf to call their own--whether it's in the stands or on the field. Rarely enough do Harvard students get to control their relations with the University; sports are a happy exception.CrimsonNevin I. Shalit...
...poor, claim Pechman and others, will be hurt since their benefits from the tax cut may be more than offset by cutbacks in funding for social programs that are incorporated in the budget portion of Reagan's agenda. Last week the Joint Committee on Taxation noted that about 35% of the total dollars in tax cuts will go to 5.6% of the people, those making $50,000 or more a year, while 31.7 million taxpayers earning $15,000 or less will get only 8.5% of the 1982 cut. The Administration's reply is that only those who earn...
...large companies are deeply ingrained in the U.S." Government trustbusters have enjoyed broad public support as they attacked both concentration within an industry and combinations between corporate giants in unrelated businesses. Yet the burgeoning growth of corporate America has outpaced all the antitrust efforts. Since World War II, the portion of U.S. industry controlled by the 200 largest manufacturing firms has risen from...
...said that he felt as if "two planets and the whole constellation" had fallen on him. Eisenhower was a good bit more relaxed when he took over from Truman: "My first day at the President's desk. Plenty of worries and difficult problems. But such has been my portion for a long time-the result is that this just seems like a continuation of all I've been doing since July 1941-even before that...