Word: portions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Saratoga. There is even a spectacular railway wreck and a skull-crushing pitched battle in the dark. Most surprising thing about Saratoga Trunk is that it is not in Technicolor. Also surprising: despite its tried-&-true formula and two-hour-plus running time, Saratoga Trunk is a glamorous double portion of consistently entertaining entertainment...
...education to our avowed goal of equality of opportunity, . . . the more chance there is for personal liberty as we know it to continue in these United States . . . Education is perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country," he continued, "it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today...
...hitherto suppressed portion of the Army Pearl Harbor Board report, Regular Army officer Wyman and his great & good friend Hans Wilhelm Rohl, a German-alien contractor, were accused of ". . . a scale of riotous living, drunkenness and both private and public misconduct . . . together." Rohl, on whose yacht Wyman frequently made what he called "inspection trips," was awarded many Army contracts in Hawaii in 1940-41, even though he was not always the lowest bidder...
...walk it we must, for in one way or another a large portion of the non-vocational education of a citizen must be concerned with a study and analysis of fairly recent occurrences involving human beings. The spirit with which such study is undertaken is, therefore, a matter of great significance for the future of the nation...
...Urged Congress to continue Selective Service induction of men 18 to 25, cautioned it against a premature declaration of the end of the war. Said he: "Tragic conditions would result if we were to allow the period of military service to expire . . . while a substantial portion of our forces have not yet been returned from overseas...