Word: portions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of honest, law-abiding men who came to Washington with full right of presentation of their views to Congress. This better element acted at all times to restrain crime and violence, but after the adjournment of Congress a large portion of them returned to their homes and gradually these better elements lost control...
...inscription over the Post's door, "O Justice! When Expelled from All Other Habitations Make This Thy Dwelling Place." The Post has said of Denver "Everything that comes out of the ground is just a little bit sweeter and a little bit better than that produced in any other portion of our country, and you can lay to that...
...Nymphalidae, largest family of butterflies, which contains over 5,000 species. They are great travelers, but unlike some of their cousins, tortoise shells migrate only at intervals of six or seven years. Migrations may be in any direction in which there is food. Usually only a small portion of the butterflies in a region join a migration. Those who leave do not return...
Pending appeal the Court denied the defendant $50,000 bail, suspecting that Rascal Means still had a sizeable portion of Mrs. McLean's money hid away...
...Herbert Hoover, private citizen, was thoroughly interested, if not downright excited. Just before the opening gavel Presidential Rule No. 7 (TIME, November 24, 1930) was observed when White House Physician Joel Thompson Boone announced: "Our present national leadership is bearing a greater strain than ever was the portion of any other President. Thank God, our President is a physical rarity. In spite of the incomparable burdens he is bearing. President Hoover is in excellent health...