Word: portions
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...undaunted by solitude or the prospect of tiny clusters of civilization tied by the endless reaches of shortgrass in the 10 states between the Rockies and the 98th meridian. The Great Plains form one-fifth of the land mass of the lower 48 states -- and an even greater portion of the nation's legend and romance. Sitting Bull warred and wept on the plains. General George Custer wandered there with the Seventh Cavalry, his pack of greyhounds, and his band playing the march Garry Owen, then galloped to his dreadful rite of immortality at Little Big Horn. Sixty million buffalo...
Suzy M. Fehskens '93, a member of the Navy ROTC program who spent a large portion of her summer in San Diego on the USS Denver, which is slated to be deployed to the Gulf in November, said her experience had taught her the importance of home support for military maneuvers...
...campaign trail, Silber has mad a name for himself as the King of Soundbites--cultivating a blunt, outspoken style that has slighted Blacks, Jews, gays, feminists, the elderly and immigrants, among others. This insensitivity to a large portion of the electorate is in itself reason to oppose Silber's candidacy...
...recent M.I.T. study, assemble their luxury cars in a mere 25% of the man-hours -- 16.9 for each auto -- that their European competitors need. Japan has gained a huge advantage by applying flexible automation to the task of building well-crafted cars, while Europeans do a greater portion of the work by hand...
...plus daily openings, which go on sale eight weeks in advance, are snapped up in less than five minutes. Even bicyclists hoping to pedal Canyonlands National Park's scenic Island in the Sky trail in Utah must apply at least two months ahead. Most parks keep a portion of sites off the Ticketron computers, offering them to campers on a daily basis. But getting a space without a reservation can mean hours of waiting in line with no guarantee of success. "Don't think you can just bop into any park and find someplace to stay at the last minute...