Word: portions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will be expected of each volunteer that he allot a portion of his time to defense training in his school so that he will shortly become adept at executing almost any position in Civilian Defense. Thus, in the event of an emergency, whenever additional defense personnel is needed, the versatile Shock Brigades could be called upon for service...
David Conroy 2L, who is writing this year's musical comedy for the Club, will finish his work before the leaves, so fears that his departure would thwart the execution of the show are alleviated. For the musical portion of the book, James Lynch '42, who contributed a few of the tunes last year, has been composing most of the songs to equal his former successes...
...fairly obvious that the gifts come from the rich. While a sizable portion are the results of Class Fund contributions, the really important chunks of capital emanate from such sources as the Widener and the Harkness fortunes. Harvard's expansion and consolidation have been achieved thanks to the generosity of Boston merchants and New York entrepreneurs...
...rich. The upper five per cent of the nation forms the backbone of the clientele that patronizes Harvard and buys for its sons the education which Harvard has to sell. Even scholarship students, varying amounts of whose scholarships are paid from endowments, come from a relatively well-to-do portion of the community. It is doubtful whether many students, even the National Scholars, have fathers who carry union cards...
...large portion of the moviegoing public is undoubtedly ignorant, or at least unappreciative, of the effect that good or bad direction can have on a picture. If these people will go to "Suspicion" they will no longer be in the dark; for they will see the perfect example of a director's picture, in both its favorable and unfavorable aspects. For in "Suspicion" Alfred Hitchcock has taken a rather slow plot and, with all the tricks of his trade (some of them old, some of them new), has made it into a good, tense, psychological thriller. If there are moments...