Word: portions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least two years the Public Broadcasting Service has searched for a way to use a hidden portion of its television signal for a moneymaking purpose so that it could compensate for dwindling financial support from the Government. Last week PBS announced a venture that could provide a vital source of income. The broadcasting service plans to join with IBM and Merrill Lynch to send out stock quotations and financial news that customers can view on IBM-compatible personal computers. IBM and Merrill Lynch will pay the start-up costs of the service...
...will send the data by satellite to its member stations, which will broadcast the information to consumers on the unused portion of the television signal. Subscribers will be given decoding devices that will convey the data from a TV antenna or cable to the personal computer. The service, to begin by the end of the year, will be available from 8 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and noon to 11 p.m. on weekends. PBS has not yet disclosed how much it will charge. The primary clientele will be financial managers, including Merrill Lynch's broker network. The broadcast signal will...
...South African question, we decided to hold an open hearing in order to receive input from those members of the Harvard community who wished to express their views on the University's South Africa investment policy. Several Committee members came away from this hearing convinced that a sizable portion of the student population is deeply concerned about this issue...
...Contending that the Administration has used "insufficient, misleading and in some cases false information," the document says that of the $1.7 billion provided to El Salvador since the outbreak of its civil war five years ago, some 30% has consisted of direct military aid and another 44%, the largest portion, is "indirect, war-related economic maintenance" like cash transfers to sustain the government...
...railroad carried 19.9 million passengers in 1984, a gain of about 5% from the previous year. Business on scenic trains like the California Zephyr, which snakes through the Rockies, has been growing about three times as fast. As a result, the railroad's revenue is covering an increasing portion of expenses. Even so, the Government picks up more than 40% of the real cost of an Amtrak traveler's ticket...