IRACDA postdocs spend the better portion of a year teaching classes at a nearby partner institution; there are 42 such institutions in all.
The Panama Canal is scheduled to be widened in a few years, and the Port Authority will, by then, have spent the better portion of a $3.8 billion capital investment plan to attract its massive freighters, which will have nearly double the capacity of current cargo ships.
He spent the better portion of a news conference fending off allegations that he was tilting the scales in favor of the home team, charges that he vigorously denied.
Also, using the better portion of a Saturday to watch six episodes straight doesn't make you a waste of space.
But it will satisfy your appetite for a feel-good, entertaining movie for the better portion of two hours, assuming you can sit through the bland opening credits.
I was astonished when, droning on at a dinner party about my campaign to dissuade my parents from handing over the better portion of their worldly goods to a still-under-construction "retirement community" out in the desert, I found that I had stumbled upon a cohort: the children of the elderly.
In a time where millennials are currently dominating the better portion of the United States population and rapidly changing the overall attitude, customs, and traditions; the way in which we network, date, and talk to people is changing as well.
Over the next several years, with little debate, Congress and the administration drifted into an agreement that showed every sign of being unbreakable: the better portion of the surplus would be off limits for tax cuts and new spending, and would be used only to reduce debt or fill Social Security's long-term financing gap.
Some experts call the estimate too low, but most agree the purchases will not only wipe out the budget surplus for the current fiscal year but also gobble up the better portion of the state's hard-earned reserves.
