Word: portions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tough enough so that it would not burn up like a meteor when it re-entered the atmosphere from more than 400 miles up. But a secondary problem, in the day of interservice rivalry, was to bring it back alive to prove that the Army had overcome a good portion, at least, of the re-entry problems.* To solve the homecoming problem, the Army disclosed last week, the nose cone displayed practically every type of electronic legerdemain except playing The Star-Spangled Banner...
...suggestion in the Faculty that non-Honors junior tutorial be abolished brings a fear that a sizeable portion of the College will be further deprived of one of the most valuable parts of a Harvard education. Considering that tutorial was originally instituted for virtually all undergraduates, and that at one time it was predicted that tutorial would soon replace formal courses, such a proposal is a dismal illustration of the decline of tutorial...
...radioed to earth. On the seventh day the Russians reported as usual on the motions of Sputnik II but did not mention its famed passenger. Two days later Italy's Communist newspaper L'Unita reported that the dog had been killed by a drug in her last portion of food...
...this manner, the elected representatives of the Radcliffe student body conducted portions of their past three meetings. At the first closed meeting, the Council members talked about the Student Government's foreign scholarship fund, which evidently is short of money. Last week's closed session, as leaks in the security system revealed, was a discussion of the current club merger proposal, an issue shrouded in secrecy by the Administrations and the Student Affiliation Committee as well as the 'Cliffe Student Council. Yesterday's off the record" portion was also on the organization plans...
...have jumped from $55 million to $90 million. At the nation's first major nuclear power plant, which is scheduled to start operating at Shippingport, Pa. before year's end, Westinghouse has spent 80? on research and development for every $1 spent on construction of the reactor portion...