Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result, the Cantabs dominated the early portion of the game, out-shooting the Huskies, 16-9, in the first half. Only Harvard's inability to turn its superior plays into points stopped the Crimson from pulling off what would have been a major upset...
Miyake is the luckiest of his peers; he is also the most insistent on the aesthetic worth and quality of his work. For years he has received international recognition; recently he has been accorded museum shows in Europe and the U.S. Other Japanese designers will get their first official portion of Western respect from New Fashion Japan, a fast, smart and wholly seductive volume. Leonard Keren's sleek text is augmented with graphics that convey the essence of contemporary Japanese clothing design, plus a suggestion of its enterprise and a taste of its excitement...
...Crimson pressured the Huntington Hounds relentlessly for the middle portion of the second half, capping it with an invaluable scoring opportunity when just over 12 minutes remained to play...
...with adjusted gross incomes of more than $60,000 a year ($45,000 for single taxpayers) would lose the reductions they got in July 1983, when the third stage of the Reagan tax cuts took effect. Adjusted gross essentially is salary, interest and dividend income plus some additions-a portion of capital gains, for example-and minus such things as alimony paid and contributions to an IRA. For a couple with two children, personal exemptions and average itemized deductions would shrink an adjusted gross of $60,000 to a taxable income of around $42,200. Tax rates...
...stake is a sizable portion of the U.S. machine of government: 33 Senate seats, all 435 House seats and 13 governorships, as well as thousands of local jobs. The Democrats, starting out with a 99-vote majority in the House and 35 of the 50 gubernatorial prizes, are hoping to regain control of the Senate, which they lost in 1980 for the first time in 28 years. The G.O.P. now has an edge of ten seats. The Republicans are counting on good economic times and Ronald Reagan's popularity to translate into major gains for their candidates. Their goals...