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Word: portions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over-all simplicity, with just a couple of dashes of rhythmic complexity. In one variation he happily gave the theme to the piano with an effective plucked accompaniment in the 'cello. In places, however, Beveridge's piano writing (like Rzewski's) suffocated the stringed instrument in the lower portion of its range...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Composers' Laboratory Concert | 3/20/1956 | See Source »

...certain portion of Atlantic is necessarily given over to a workmanlike description of: 1) Allied naval organization, 2) German Admiral Doenitz' changes of strategy and tactics, and 3) Allied changes of pace and weapons to meet them. Right up until the end of the war, there were new types of subs abuilding, and Doenitz still hoped to send the bulk of the U.S. war effort to the ocean floor. But for the most part, Historian Morison recites the details of battle after battle, sinking after sinking, with a sailor's relish that keeps the pages turning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sub Sighted, Sank Same | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...problem shows all signs of getting worse. Colleges today are either sinking further and further into debt, reducing the quality of their product to balance their spiralling budgets, or combining the worst features of both vices. Endowment annually pays a smaller portion of the bill, and simultaneously, more and more students apply to college who cannot pay the balance themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tuition Dilemma | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...second portion of the statement will present the platform of the organization. It will be divided into three parts: foreign policy, domestic economy, and civil rights and liberties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.L.U. Prepares Policy Review To Clarify Its Liberal Position | 3/7/1956 | See Source »

...University has already exceeded its yearly portion of generosity, and another request now might well seem like just too much. After all, Lamont's hours are extended, and the officialdom has even managed to keep the gates open until twelve, or at least most of the time. But the present complaint is a minor one, as easily solved as it is obvious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tired Typists | 2/17/1956 | See Source »

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