Word: portions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed, single-sentence bill would prohibit vehicles transporting hazardous materials, "from traveling on that portion of the turnpike known as the Boston extension...
...that some 5000-plus students gather in the Yard to demonstrate around a political issue, or that roughly 75 sleep in the rain outside Mass. Hall in order to bring their message directly to President Bok. That activism is testimony to the deeply felt convictions of a substantial portion of the campus community that Harvard's current investment policy toward South Africa is incorrect and counterproductive. Far from disappearing with the graduation of a few individuals, this pro-divestiture sentiment has persisted for more than a decade and appears to be growing. Whether or not Bok is prepared to reverse...
...sees increased telecommunications sales to Japan as a key to closing the yawning American trade gap with the rest of the world. The Commerce Department reported last week that the U.S. foreign trade deficit widened to $11.4 billion in February, the biggest shortfall in five months. The largest single portion, $4.2 billion, represented the difference between U.S. exports to Japan and the flood of imported Japanese products. Because of such gaps, the total trade deficit is expected to reach at least $140 billion in 1985, up some 15% from the record set last year...
...community's concerns about preservation at Harvard go back many years. The Historical Commission, a municipal agency, was established over twenty years ago in part to administer an historic district that included, with Harvard's consent, a portion of the Old Yard. Over the years that district has been expanded, but never over the objections of the University. The Commission has reviewed many Harvard proposals for new construction and alterations in the district, and while we may have occasionally debated the color of shutters we have more than served to prevent or modify ill-considered schemes that might best...
...that panting voice is worthy of contemplation, and theories diverge greatly on this. Truman Capote, a perennial favorite, has recently been exonerated by the fact of his death If it is him, then he's calling from a long way away. A number of faculty members, including a sizeable portion of the English Department, have also been the object of suspicion. Suspicions also reflect the biases of the student body, since Ronald Reagan is accused at least twice as often as Walter Mondale, and three times more than Konstantin Chernenko, especially...