Word: portions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...subjected to penalties such as loss of employment, public ignominy, refusal of a passport, and similar disabilities, the unsoundness of such a policy would be obvious to all. Yet public opinion is apparently willing to tolerate legislation and practices inflicting those consequences upon persons who similarly utilize another portion of the Constitution. This is as irrational as if a university were to expend great effort and sacrifice in establishing a magnificent library; but then were to expel any student who read a book...
...privileged class in the U.S. They are usually treated as naughty children, their wrists are in effect slapped, they are turned loose on society and told to go and sin no more. Needless to say they are soon back in jail as repeaters. I have spent a major portion of my life in the South, and I find that nine times out of ten, if a Negro commits a crime against another Negro he gets the lightest sentence possible. However, it he commits a crime against a white person he gets the book thrown at him. Why should the offender...
...score, 61-all. Then came Downs' nine points sandwiched around a Robinson tap-in, and the Elis were out in front to stay, 72 to 63. The rest was merely the formality of running out the clock, with Yale freezing the ball for a good portion of the last three minutes...
...powerful their influence is after two years of civil war in Algeria, they ordered an eight-day general strike of all Arabs in Algeria and France. Algerians literally sniffed the arrival of the killers whose job was to make the strike stick: young Arab gunmen who invariably spend a portion of their blood money on jasmine-scented hair pomade. Leaflets in crudely printed Arabic pledged death to Arab "traitors" who reported for jobs, or to shopkeepers who opened their shutters...
...student who had taken only a half-course, in Roman History, for example, was assured a question in the area of Europe before 1563, for which his knowledge would suffice. He will now have to fortify himself with additional courses, as he will be held responsible for a substantial portion of the areas he chooses...