Word: portions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good anthology, Edgar Allen Poe. By the Master of Disaster, the Big Daddy of Supersonic P-P-Pulse Rate. Each piece is guaranteed to knock a couple years off any poor pup's life. And "The Bells," especially, is a terrific way to round off your Poe-portion. Find yourself getting sleepy? Little Weak? Sorta drowsy? Recite "The Bells" aloud into a tape deck, pop your recording into an industrial strength ghetto blaster, and let-errrrrip, full volume, for dozing neighbors. Run-DMC's got nothin' on Poe...though they might make a mean team...
sprint: the final portion of a race. When the crews pick up their stroke rate and go all out until the end. Many races are decided during this crucial stretch...
...some political observers Flynn's victory--in which he received a larger portion of the vote than he did in the last preliminary mayoral election, when twice as many candidates ran--indicated popular satisfaction with the incumbent and the good economic times in Boston...
Most politicians have little doubt that the victor of November's upcoming mayoral election will be Flynn. But, the fact he received so few votes troubles pollsters and political analysts. To these observers Flynn was elected by a discouragingly tiny portion of Boston's residents, and not by the vast populace he and his supporters would probably like to think placed him ahead of the other candidates...
...high- cholesterol foods," observes Dr. Connor. However, "it has a great deal of saturated fat. Chicken has a lot less." The public gets a bum steer as well from the industry's use of a 3-oz. serving as the basis for nutritional information. The average portion is 4.7 oz. for a hamburger and 5.7 oz. for a steak...