Word: portions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taking a less fervent stand against busing than his opponents. He concentrated on issues that would appeal to unaffluent blacks and whites alike: utility and insurance rates, hospitalization costs, the state tax on food and patent medicines. The voters responded. Along with the black vote, Howell drew a considerable portion of the white vote that went to George Wallace...
Sellers can present some justification for other price boosts, even though the rises annoy consumers. Sammy D's, an Italian restaurant in Minneapolis, last week began charging $2 for antipasto shared by two people, though the identical portion served to one diner remains price-frozen at $1.50. The restaurant labels the increase a "service charge." Many women are convinced that they are paying more for clothing, but "it is very difficult to pinpoint a cause for complaint," says Kitty Dobrina, a Cleveland fashion model. "Stores base the increases on changes in styles. A merchant will say that skirts...
...intercollegiate schedule and the Saturday match with Penn. This winter the preparation for the Quakers' visit in February will be more demanding. Harvard must open its competition against Army on the Cadets' courts in West Point. The Crimson will also have to host challenging Navy in the early portion of the schedule...
...privately held company that pioneered large-scale U.S. double knit production with woolens in 1959. Duplan Corp., which began buying up small knitting mills in 1968, is in third place. During last year's recession, the firm posted record sales of more than $156 million, a substantial portion in double knits...
...propose that the total sum (at least $100,000) allotted each term to subsidize Independent Studies be evenly divided by the number of Independent Studies pursued during that term, with each supervisor receiving a portion proportional to the number of students he is supervising. A fixed limit of about three or four Independent Studies should be imposed on any one supervisor during a term...