Word: portions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turned out. the only obstacle to Goulart's installation was a portion of Brazil's air force. Though all the service chiefs agreed to go along, the air force men in Brasilia still threatened to shoot Goulart down if he attempted to fly from his Pōrto Alegre stronghold to the capital. The revolt lasted only a few hours, and then Acting President Pascoal Mazzilli phoned Goulart that the way was clear. "I'll be ready to take off by noon," said Jango...
...only satisfaction you have left me. My favorite fantasy is four minutes or so of noncommercial viewing as you fry in your democratically elected hot seats, preferably with your condoning constituents. I would willingly watch you all die for the West, if only I could keep my minuscule portion of it ... Till then, damn you. England...
Cybertron's adaptive intelligence does not end there. Having learned how to solve a given problem, it slips the answer to a tenacious portion of itself called AIDE (for Adapted Identification Decision Equipment), thus clearing its own mind for further study. AIDE never forgets. Raytheon is working on a more sophisticated version of the K-100 designed to control traffic, forecast weather, interpret electrocardiograms. Says Dr. Claude Shannon. Donner Professor of Science at MIT: "The Cybertron appears to be an important advance in an extremely important area of research...
Also, displayed prominently, is an enlargement of the portion of President Kennedy's Inaugural address that contains the sentence "And let every man and woman who works in any area of our national government, in any branch, at any level, be able to say with pride and honor in future years: 'I served the United States Government in that hour of our country's need.'" The word 'served' is in italics...
...businessmen who support the principle of true interest disclosure dispute the methods proposed by Douglas. Among them is Sears, Roebuck & Co. Chairman Charles Kellstadt, who argues that there is a big difference between an installment-plan sale and a flat loan, and that interest charges are only a "small portion" of the total cost of extending credit (which also includes such expenses as investigations and salaries for credit office staffs). He further contends that computing interest charges on an annual basis for the popular revolving charge accounts would enormously complicate bookkeeping. This, retailers say, would increase the cost of extending...