Word: portions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...held a street concert featuring that swinging master of the Eastern Gilt Edge circuit, Lester Lanin. As Vag made his way towards the center of town he barely avoided colliding with a gentleman, weaving and listing rather badly to port, who had succeeded in losing dinner and a large portion of lunch over his shirt and sportcoat. A quick glance and regrettably long sniff sufficed to give Vag an impression of Brockton which nothing would ever remove...
...Sartre's drawing room "hell of other people" is Nadine Duwez as the postal clerk lesbian. She stumbles in her lines occasionally, and sometimes shouts too much, but she prowls Director Hesse's "arena" with greater confidence than the other two; her motions are perfect; and the great portion of her dialogue is excellent...
Many ministers in this vicinity enjoy salaries of $5,000 to $10,000 a year and in addition have a free manse, car allowance, a portion of their retirement pensions, and other free rides. And one might add that there are many ministers who are not worth more than $4,500 a year...
Around the world, memories, fears and misgivings greeted the U.S. landing in Lebanon. The memories stirred in all nations that had ever been occupied (a good portion of the world's population), and raised doubts even among those Latin American, Asian and African nations that usually side with the West. The fear came from those who believed that U.S. involvement would increase the danger of war in the Middle East-a fear which the Russians set out to increase. The misgivings came from those who thought the West was backing the wrong forces in the Middle East...
...strikes will destroy the enemy's strategic air and missile bases insofar as these are known. Major cities and industrial centers, on a lower level of priority, will also suffer heavily. Radiological and bacteriological weapons may be used. But this enormous mutual destruction will probably consume the major portion of the respective long-range air and missile forces. Thus the efforts of these forces would in a sense cancel each other...