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Undoubtedly this practice urged on the young combined with forbidding them contraception has accounted for a hefty portion of the income of the baby-shower industry.

The move is a shot across the bow for a range of companies, including Facebook, that rely on the European market of 500 million people for a hefty portion of their business.

As I told Ms. Allcroft -- who seemed the sort of person one could confide in -- my son, Luc, had been for a hefty portion of his total of nearly 6 years a passionate admirer of Thomas the Tank Engine: a singer of the Thomas the Tank Engine theme and the owner of a Thomas the Tank Engine railroad set, of Thomas memorabilia, videocassettes and pajamas.

Volkswagen of America is giving away 50 pairs of tickets for each night, making those 800 tickets a hefty portion of the total of 3,600.

Currier founded Tickle, a quiz and personal test site in 1999, which sold to Monster in 2004 for about $94 million (though it recently lost a hefty portion of its staff and was said to be shutting down).

As for the sweets created by Denise Cinque, the pastry chef, skip the tiramisù, a hefty portion with an oddly thick drift of loose cocoa across the top.

A hefty portion of rigatoni also made the grade, with a peppery, chunky Bolognese sauce.

Sauteed sea scallops, also a hefty portion, were fat, juicy and golden-browned.

Peek has partnerships with these businesses, and keeps a hefty portion of the ticket price, between 15 and 30 percent.

Ms. Babaev was born in Moscow, and by default a hefty portion of those overseas clients are from Russia.

The women enjoyed a lunch especially prepared for them and the birthday girl celebrated with a second helping of her pasta course and a hefty portion of chocolate mousse.