Word: portions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Almost 300 spectators watched the outdoor portion of this 6-hour marathon battle, which began in cloudless, calm 70-degree weather, and was moved indoors as daylight disappeared. The contest continued on indoor courts in Princeton's new Jadwin Cage...
Wrong Reasons. The trouble is that a large portion of those 30 million viewers who watched the Academy Award ceremonies last week still cling to the Modern Screen belief that the Oscars are given for merit. Sadly, they are sometimes not even given in gratitude. For all his contributions to the industry, Gary Grant has never won an Oscar. Nor has Charlie Chaplin, nor Orson Welles, nor Paul Newman. Even when the Oscar is given to a deserving recipient, it is frequently for the wrong reasons...
...confidence in the nation's military leadership. Some, like Political Science Professor Morton Kaplan of the University of Chicago and Politics Professor John Roche of Brandeis, depict the military as scapegoats for a frustrated, roiled nation. If blame must be placed, it is argued, civilian policymakers deserve a goodly portion. Senator Henry Jackson of Washington bemoans the fact that the military has become the protagonist in the "latest version of the devil theory of history...
TRUE, MOST of the apartment now being constructed in Cambridge do not qualify as low rent housing, but such apartment -- which usually represent a net addition to the housing supply--soak up a portion of the housing demand which would otherwise bid for existing units. In effect, if new apartments, are not built due to rent control, the people who would have lived in them have three choices...
Three shiny 11-foot canoes in shades of lake blue, cardinal red, and marsh grass now occupy a major portion of the Coop's sporting goods department. Canoes among the books and records and Scrabble games at the Coop...