Word: portions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...films. Professional sports too may be affected as the pool of young talent diminishes. Even now, older people are more apt to vote than younger people, and as they increase in number they will also become a greater political force. "There will be a tendency for the aging portion of the population to become more powerful," says Rand Corp.'s Dennis Detray. "But there is nothing inherently wrong with that. Do the young have a right to dictate...
...than a dollar. There are also a series of sandwiches with names like "Harvard Special" and "Radcliffe Special," as well as more topical items like the "Watergate Salad." But if you go to Bartley's you should stick to the burgers. The fried onion rings are terrific but the portion they serve is huge and expensive, so should be shared by two or three people...
...about half--presumably the more concerned half--of Harvard's 1974 25th Reunion Class, over 62 per cent favored "merger." Sixty-eight per cent favored the "admission of women to Harvard College." Although the distinction between the two questions is not clear, the responses indicate that a sizable portion of last year's 25th Reunion Class--the class traditionally responsible for the largest annual contribution to the University--does not share the von Stade hypothesis...
Most of the 300,000 Alaskans now live in the northern portion of the state, the bulk of them around the two largest cities, Anchorage and Fairbanks. What is more, Juneau remains inaccessible over land to the rest of the state-it can only be reached by plane or boat...
Because Wallenberg believes that the good news in America has been so consistently understated, he overstales his case. He is not trying to be fair, he is trying to be remedial, by examining thal part of the glass that is full, rather than the portion that is empty. It is a perspective that doubtless will be widely welcomed. Wallenberg is of course right when he warns that "for a jittery, unconfident America to throw in its hand would be a global tragedy." But the formulalion is a straw man: he does not think for a minute that this will happen...