Word: portions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Patriot. In Denver, Colo., Sergeant Dudley Sargent was asked how he, spent his money, replied: "I spend the greater portion of my monthly income maintaining civilian morale." Termination. In Tacoma, Wash, poker-faced Young Democrats held a state convention, plumped for a fourth term for Franklin Roosevelt, steadfastly refused to change their own constitution limiting officers to a single term...
Nutcrackers I and II. In the Marianas Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander of Pacific Ocean Areas, is forging a close-in nutcracker to splinter the hard shell of Jap defenses. While his Fifth Fleet under Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (only "a portion" of his Pacific force, as Nimitz thoughtfully pointed out) battered a way toward Japan from the south, another "portion" swept down the northerly Kuril Island chain last week and bombarded Matsuwa, 1,075 miles from Tokyo...
...that persons who violate the bodies of the dead, with a view to . . . any evil purpose, shall be punished with a personal interdict (Canon 2328). The honor due to the human body after death should indicate that the skull should be decently buried. The fact that it is a portion of the body of an enemy of this country makes no difference...
...Library of Congress possesses the major portion of the original Jefferson papers which survive, and its entire collection is being microfilmed in response to numerous requests that copies be made available to other institutions. The work of microfilming which is being done by the Library's Photoduplication Service, will be completed by the end of July...
...altogether unbearable. Once in a while, if you listen patiently, you can dissect from the wild conglomeration of over-arrangements an interesting tenor chorus or a refreshing break by a trumpet or trombone. In fact most of the solos are really worthwhile in comparison to the greater portion of the music heard north of 125th St. So if you're tired of Frank- the Radcliffe-conception-of-virility-Sinatra and your soul cries our for some musical satisfaction, fall in at the Savoy any Sunday afternoon. If you don't like the band, bring your own horn...