Word: portions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...greatest drain upon book resources has been the growing popularity of phonograph records. Ever since a music-minded Dunster chairman spent the House's entire sum stocking his favorite albums, this portion has been limited to one third of the grant, or $200. Nevertheless, with library committees, always spending the maximum for records, book needs are slighted. Since the original figure of $600 did not take into account these unexpected purchases, the College should now increase its House library grants...
...What a rotten job I've got! It requires so much patience." Faure had asked the Assembly for special decree powers to tackle France's complex fiscal problem. Many of his predecessors, including Pierre Mendès-France, had had such special powers, but now a sizable portion of the Assembly was bewitched by the down-country strength of Demagogue Pierre Poujade, who had organized a tax strike among thousands of France's little shopkeepers (TIME, March...
...leading the 10.5 million people of South Viet Nam from the brink of Communism into their long-sought state of sovereign independence. No man in troubled Asia is confronted by more obstacles on the road to order and justice. The sects, in control of a third of the southern portion of the country, threaten not only his control but his life. The refugees from the Communist half of Viet Nam, now exceeding 500,000 and still pouring south at the rate of 10,000 a week, are pleading for food, housing and jobs. Inexperience-his own and his people...
...okay it this week. Thus, companies that took deductions under the old provisions will have to refigure their tax bill, pay up any difference by Sept.15. Some companies had to call back their annual reports from the printer for correction, while a few plan to appeal the retroactive portion, contending that they should not be penalized because Congress and the Treasury miscalculated...
They argued that if a child got butter at noon, his family would cut his suppertime butter portion at home...