Word: portions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fill-in-the-blank portion of our test. Pencils ready? If Rich ard Nixon gives Leonid Brezhnev a Cadillac, then the Soviet leader should give the President a . Well, what? What socialist product evokes the Communist system the way a Cadillac does U.S. capitalism? A personal, hand-controlled Sputnik? A collective farm...
LOOKING AHEAD. A sizable portion of those interviewed, 43%, foresee a wide-open convention next month; 30% still suspect that the nominee will be selected on the basis of back-room deals. The voters split on the question of throwing support to the other candidate if their own man fails in his convention bid. Surprisingly, Non-Candidate Edward Kennedy, who might have narrowly won the race by taking equal numbers away from both Humphrey and McGovern, would be welcomed as a compromise candidate by only 17%. As for George Wallace, 38% thought his views should be given a place...
...Communist offensive has reduced the government-controlled portion of the region from 90% to about 75%. Out of 5,000 government outposts, 100 have been overrun by the enemy and another 250 have been "consolidated," meaning abandoned. The abandonment of many of these outposts makes sense militarily, but it has drastically affected the pacification program as well as the population's morale...
...supposed to get," Thomas said. "But it wasn't intentional." Thomas said he is morally entitled to his salary for the eight months he is not working because he negotiated extraordinarily lucrative publishing contracts. This semester, the adult general manager Nelson has asked Thomas to return a large portion of the salary. Well-placed sources say that Thomas has not and will not comply...
Allison also found past platforms undistinguished. "Every so often as I'm frantically calling someone for this job. I realize that I can't recall a single portion of the 1968 platform except for the Vietnam plank," she remarked...