Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Morton-Thiokol bears a large portion of the blame for the Challenger disaster. At the very least, it should pay dearly for its miscalculations...
...next year and beyond. In shipbuilding, as in steel, the most forceful challenge comes from South Korea, whose currency, unlike the yen, is pegged to the dollar. South Korea's share of world shipping is expected to climb by year's end from 10.7% to 28.4%, while Japan's portion will drop from 49% to 41%. Says Kazuichi Murai, director of planning at the Shipbuilders' Association of Japan: "It's warfare...
...WOULD SEEM that the University would lose money by not building rental units at the St. Paul's parking lot site. However, only a small portion of the property's rental income need be diverted toward a residential center for homeless families. In addition, a fair amount of extra money may be attained by the University in the form of grants for research into the problems of the homeless family...
Drugs also fuel much of the violence in the inner city. "The ones that are dopers, they don't fear nothing," says Hermon DeJurnett, 26, of south central Los Angeles. He knows. Almost two years ago, a good portion of his calf was blown away when he was shot at point-blank range -- by his cousin. "He wanted money for drugs," contends DeJurnett. "He just flipped out and blasted me." A heavyset former gang member who once served eleven months for mugging a woman and dislocating her shoulder, DeJurnett now has a part-time job as a construction worker...
Jacobsen's release was credited by some observers in the Middle East to Syria, which occupies the portion of Lebanon where Islamic Jihad and its companion group, Hizballah (the Party of God), operate. It is now clear that Syria played next to no role. In fact, it appears to have lost nearly all sway with the extremists, who are now heavily influenced by Iran...