Word: portions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...struggle between the Jews and the British--who had been their liberators throughout Europe just a few months before--continued until a 1949 United Nations agreement granted a portion of Palestine for Jewish settlement...
Perls and Silver said they were especiallyamazed by how active many of the centenarianswere. Almost all of them were healthy and activeinto their 90s, and a significant portion werestill going strong--giving concerts or pursuingnew careers--even past...
...Pentagon and NATO to shield potentially embarrassing details about the war. Despite video footage showing pinpoint allied missile attacks, the military acknowledges that only a small percentage of NATO planes have dropped ordnance on their targets so far. And though the Pentagon declined to say last week what portion of the total NATO sorties had been flown by U.S. aircraft, most military observers believe Americans are doing as much as 80% of the dirty work...
...appears on the front of the Centennial's Conference Program. Hemingway attracted attention like a movie-star: at the conference's closing session, fellow Nobel laureate Derek Walcott called Hemingway "the first writer to become a real celebrity," and W.E.B DuBois Professor Henry Louis Gates proposed that "for some portion of the 20th century, Hemingway may well have been the most famous person on earth...
...example, a rose-scented concoction might be best for massaging an "A" out of your chem TF, whereas a healthy tablespoon of Crisco might be inappropriate for coaxing that last portion of garlic bread out of the dining hall staff. Novices should stick with basic wooden implements such as "Mr. Happy." Any massage accessory requiring electricity is likely to make the massage both noisy and uncomfortable...