Word: portions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there are a few problems. First, Taylor's adaptations of other people's songs are generally off. James owes a large portion of his fame to his brilliant interpretations--most notably Carole King's "You've Got a Friend" and "Up on the Roof," and Holland-Dozier-Holland's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)." While Taylor gives an interesting performance of Buddy Holly's "Every Day" on this album, his version of Burt Bacharach's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is completely unexceptional...
...however, they have stirred up even more than the usual ruckus on three separate continents. Two weeks ago, they captivated an audience of 18.6 million when they appeared in an unprecedented 45-minute interview on ITV, Britain's independent television network. (U.S. viewers will be able to see a portion of it this week on ABC's 20/20.) They talked soberly about their responsibilities and delightedly about their children, and resolutely scotched nearly every rumor that has been flitting around them...
...study, funded by a grant from the Upjohn Company, began by extracting a portion of live tumor in a patient suffering from adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer common to emphysema patients. The doctors mixed the removed tumor with a protein called Interleukin 2, which stimulates the growth of the lymphocytes normally present in the extracted tumor...
Dorf said he plans to use the $86,000 portion of the grant he received this year to explore the immune system's response to specific chemicals. The immune system may turn out to be crucial for understanding cancer and organ transplants, he said...
...military and economic aid: $4 billion goes to Cuba every year, Afghanistan costs them $4 billion and Viet Nam, Cambodia, Angola, Ethiopia and Nicaragua take the rest. Since 1979 they have lost 750 planes in Afghanistan, mainly on the ground. The guerrillas now control twice as large a portion of Afghanistan as they did when they started, and the Soviets are taking a heavy toll. They know they would have to put an additional 400,000 soldiers into the country in order to pacify it, and they are slowly increasing their troops from 100,000 to 200,000. They...