Word: portions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...because of its traditionally loyal followers. The Friends of the Boston Symphony last year gave it $18,000. Another proof of the strong bond between the Proper Bostonian and his Orchestra is the fact that $80,000 came from legacies. The remaining deficit must be made up by a portion of the Serge Koussevitzky 25th Anniversary Fund...
...present shape the foundation will only finance a very small portion of American science, but if and when it is expanded to cover a substantial part of the research done in the country, there is a great danger that loyal scientists with un-Congressional political beliefs will be unable to get important research positions...
Several petitions were started in defense of the library honor system by students who feared removal of any portion of Radcliffe's honor system might start an undesirable trend...
Object Lesson. The listening audience can thank Godfrey for removing much of the starch and stuffiness from radio. He found the medium bustling with split-second efficiency, and slowed a portion of it to a comfortable walk. He helped clean up the high-pressure babble of machine-made commercials, and proved to a nervous, self-conscious industry that informality pays...
...would be enlightening to know on what facts this statement is based. The Department of Agriculture is actively participating in the Pick-Sloan program. A number of the Valley states, including Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota, are among the leaders in the nation in soil conservation districts. A substantial portion of the Pick-Sloan funds is allotted so soil conservation. The fact is that the Missouri Basin is now doing and has done a far better job of conserving its soil than is being done in the Tennessee Valley under a regional authority...