Word: portions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...argument suggested by another portion of Hoover's testimony, that protecting the investigation could not have been Truman's reason since several employees were dismissed on security grounds, seems far-fetched. At best, dismissing a bureaucrat or two alerts the espionage system to a danger to a few suckers on the tip-ends of its tendrils; dismissing White, with or without explanation, would alert the entire apparatus. The Government does not ordinarily dismiss high officers for no apparent reason, and, had Truman followed such a course, no espionage ring worthy of the name could have failed to realize what...
...transferring of professors who worked in the Mobilization Analysis project back to academic work took up a major portion of the difference, according to Hassler...
...into the Savoy in a dinner jacket borrowed from a waiter," one of his readers sent him a hand-me-down tuxedo which he still wears ("It's getting a little tight under the arms"). He drops names as easily as he gulps an outsize portion of pâte de foie gras. "We had lunch recently with the . . . Aga Khan," writes Buchwald. "His Highness told us he eats only one meal a day-at lunchtime." On a recent Pillsbury Mills press junket, Buchwald quipped that the president of the company was greeted in Paris with: "We knew...
...halfbacks were working well however, Carrie MacIntosh played an excellent game, bewildering his defenders with his shifty footwork and sharp dribbling. Denny Little, at center, and Bob Dean at right were standouts on defense, and with MacIntosh managed to keep the ball in Yale territory for a good portion of the game...
...must be noted, however, that any assurance probably came to Coach Lloyd Jordan about 17 minutes too early against Brown Saturday. The varsity then led the Bruins 27 to 7. Fifteen minutes later, after heavy substitutions and some charity kicks, Jordan would have traded a good portion of the quick kicks in Harvard history for possession of the ball. Brown had roared back to make the score 27 to 20 and had a first down on the varsity's six yard line...