Word: portions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Nixon, he addressed a meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers. The advance text of his speech contained sharp criticism of Nixon's proposals to use tax incentives for private enterprise as a principal means of curing social and physical blight in the slums. Mills dropped this portion of his talk. Instead, he said he would consider specific measures along the lines Nixon proposes-if Nixon can persuade him that they are the most efficient way of handling particular problems...
...fight against Israel continues, it asserts, despite the Arabs' humiliating defeat in last year's war. Each night new Arab heroes are born, fresh revenge is meted out to Israel, a portion of Arab pride is restored. Amid the breathless bulletins and the florid rhetoric of propaganda, there are the underground's customary coded messages: "M.H.: the bird is back in the cage"; "Attention Green Lion: the gift has been received...
...underground area will take "a minor portion" of the $2 million total involved in the Bertram-Eliot project, Mrs. Bunting said. The center building and the renovation work--which includes converting individual rooms into three-to-six room suites--will use up the rest of the money...
...life to Finch, and he does so with a modicum of class. Brighter lights, on the other hand, shine to every side, not the least of which is Timothy Hall as J. B. Biggley, the boss of World-Wide Wickets where Finch is employed. Hall handles a considerably larger portion of the show's laughs than did Rudy Vallee in the B'way original, partly because of the competition but also because he really knows his way around a line. In several and smaller roles, Terry Emerson demonstrates a comparably effective comic presence, while Bill Kiely doesn...
...arrangements in Paris. The sticking point is the participation of the National Liberation Front, which is the political arm of the Viet Cong. As Saigon sees it, the participation of the N.L.F. as an equal member in any peace talks is tantamount to recognizing that the Communists represent a portion of the population of South Viet Nam. Such an admission would be a serious loss of face for Thieu's regime and might force the Saigon government into the position of having no alternative to the acceptance of Communists in a coalition government...