Word: portions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ranging from Dow Jones and King Features to Hearst and Fairchild, also transmit daily features (political columns, advice to the lovelorn, gardening tips and much, much more) by electronic impulse to thousands of clients. When the dynamos serving New York went dead, so-at least briefly-did a large portion of international communications...
...sprinkler; inside pitches are pulled, outside pitches go rocketing into left field, and, on the odd occasion when a careless hurler puts one down the pipe, the ball goes up the middle. Opponents cannot concoct a latter-day version of the Williams Shift-loading the defense to blanket a portion of the park-in hopes of stopping Carew. He thus has a lot of territory where they ain't. His ability to hit to all fields, coupled with natural speed and bunting prowess, is Carew's biggest advantage in his chase for glory...
...cause some anxiety and confusion; dazzling permutations on the basic hamburger, bearing odd, hyped-up names, take some time to master, much less understand. But a snack that hits the spot on one day is likely to do so every day, thanks to tight control of quality and portion size by the large chains. Familiarity with fast food does not, apparently, breed contempt...
...Ending "double taxation" of dividends. At present, a corporation pays tax on its profits, and then a stockholder pays tax on the portion of the remaining profit that he receives in dividends. The simplest way of ending this process would be to exempt from corporate taxes the portion of a company's profits that are paid out in dividends. However, the tax-reform team also is studying various proposals for integrating corporate and individual taxes. A stockholder, like a member of a partnership, would include in his taxable income his proportionate share of the company's profits. Several...
Carter stressed his continued support of the "triad" defense system. The president said he believes the current fleet ofB-52's is capable of providing the air-attack portion of America's nuclear strike force for at least the next decade...