Word: portioning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pivotal features of presidential campaigns? On that question, there is no agreement at all. The cases for and against debates begin with recognition of a simple fact: they are among the most popular programs television has ever put on. An average of 77 million people watched some portion of the four Kennedy-Nixon debates; the three Carter-Ford match-ups drew an average audience of 85 million. In 1980, 120 million took in at least part of the single Reagan-Carter debate. Preliminary estimates of the number who tuned in to the first Reagan-Mondale face-off are considerably lower...
...standing committees already had a direct line to Faculty and administrators through the official students government with result such as this, the massive postering effort turned out to be nothing more than a waste both time and a portion of the Undergraduate Council's limited budget...
Some scientists, however, have opposed the idea, fearing that basic research would face the unhappy prospect of sharing its portion of the budget with another agency. This fear, however, is becoming a moot point as technology research is headed toward siphoning off a good share of the funding through newly evolving programs such as RAIN, it might be more satisfying in the long run for basic research to stake out its territory now and assure itself a solid proportion before it all dwindles away...
...DiGiovanni is now renting a portion of that sidewalk next to the building to a company which has subleased it to a number of push-cart vendors...
...seconds. Gromyko reminded Reagan that they had greeted each other once before, in 1973, when the then Governor of California was introduced to Soviet officials accompanying Leonid Brezhnev on a visit to President Nixon in San Clemente.* Reagan and Gromyko encountered each other again during the "mix and mingle" portion of the reception, and the Soviet leader indulged in some skeptical banter. Referring to Reagan's forthcoming speech to the U.N., Gromyko asked the President, in English, "How many arrows will you shoot at me tomorrow?" Reagan smilingly answered that he had no arrows in his quiver. Gromyko pressed...