Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long as distribution or core requirements apply, we need not fear that student will remain ignorant of other subjects. As for the portion of their education that requires specialization, Women's Studies offers students far more diverse possibilities than do many established disciplines...
...specializes in histories of family distress (Little Gloria . . . Happy At Last), unearths a scandalous past of suicide attempts, drug addiction, incest and accusations of attempted murder. What the plaintiffs wanted, she shows, was emotional restitution, and they were willing to spend millions in lawyers' fees to receive a portion of it. There are enough miseries, furies and counterplots to satisfy the most demanding court buffs and gossip freaks, but the book's essential message is a reliable old crowd pleaser: unlimited funds are no guarantor of happiness; if the wound is deep enough, mere money is only a Band...
...neutral territory of a local youth center. The judge had shown exasperation with Whitehead's lead attorney at several points during the trial. Even so, the vehemence of his language in the ruling came as a shock to many. Perhaps with an eye to safeguarding the custody portion of his judgment from second-guessing in the appeals phase, he slashed at Whitehead's fitness as a mother, calling her "manipulative, impulsive and exploitive" as well as "untruthful" and charging that she was too possessive of her children...
Dukakis said Third World development crisis that "threatens the stability of democratic governments in Asia and Latin America and that has contributed heavily to our deficit in trade. For a substantial portion of Latin American debt, interest payments have been generated by reducing purchases of U.S. goods...
Political consultant Michael Goldman said yesterday the bill does contain "other projects that are a little questionable in nature." He said that Massachusetts received a leaner portion than many other states, as its funding provides mostly for necessary repairs on the highway system...