Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those who have not yet paid their term bills--the first portion of which was due on August 5--will discover the infamous red dot on their registration packets, a warning that they must pay the same $40 fee unless they arrive at Mem Hall with checks in hand...
...recent years, scientists, government officials and the public have become increasingly concerned that man-made and natural chemicals are destroying the ozone layer, the portion of the atmosphere that protects the earth from the sun's deadly ultraviolet radiation...
...women who have given up at least a portion of their careers for marriage and children, Gena Rowlands may have got the best deal. For her husband John Cassavetes makes small, eccentric movies almost entirely comprising sublime (or would-be sublime) actor's moments that he parcels out among family and friends. In recent years he has seen to it that his wife gets a very fair share of these. The result is that with such pictures as A Woman Under the Influence, Minnie and Moskowitz and Gloria she has had an opportunity vouchsafed few mainstream actresses these days...
Under the general principle of "master's choice," application to a House became almost as personal and complex as application to the College itself. House masters were allowed to choose a large portion of the students accepted to their Houses, on the basis of written applications and interviews. Fox describes the system as one with many checks and balances...
...chemicals from above. Despite the efforts, Schwinden observed, "you don't fight a fire like this. You simply get people out of the way and wait for the winds to die down." Late in the week the winds eased, and an inch of rain fell on the western portion of the state, allowing shallow trenches dug by fire fighters to halt the spread often of the fires...