Census data will be used to "apportion" Congressional seats to each state. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Let Statesmen apportion; all know where the Honour. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891] Reference
But we also need a plan to apportion those delegates. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2008] Reference
The report was "not designed to apportion blame", he says. From Wordnik.com. [Politics live blog Wednesday 15 September – including PMQs] Reference
It is not easy to apportion the responsibility for failure. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892] Reference
A good plan is to apportion the household expenses according to a. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
You can't apportion percentages when something like this happens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Clinton Hails Return of Democracy to Yugoslavia - October 6, 2000] Reference
How to apportion power and decision making among so many members?. From Wordnik.com. [Rot At Europe's Core] Reference
TYLER: I think history will apportion some of the blame on Arafat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2009] Reference
Second question was how would I apportion the improvements in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2008] Reference
I will apportion our chances fairly, and will drink two; you shall drink one. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
You can find a way to apportion them, but this should not decide the election. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2008] Reference
Let cool, and bottle or put in demijohns, taking care to apportion the kernels equally. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Weigh out the food articles used in problem No. 2, and apportion them among three meals. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
By its aid I could apportion the lifetime of any mortal at whom you might point your finger. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
His proposition is to apportion representation according to the male citizens of the States. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
The decennial census, mandated by the Constitution, is used to apportion congressional seats. From Wordnik.com. [Making It Count: Alternative Ways to Gather Census Data] Reference
Then we reflected that these poor devils needed it badly, so it was hard to apportion the blame. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919] Reference
That we would like to see every vote count, but we also need a plan to apportion though delegates. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2008] Reference
Ah! how blessed that such an unerring balance should apportion the way of a finite and blind being!. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England] Reference
Then we decided to apportion this part of the camp for cricket, that for general recreation and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
You had been suffering for this offence, and had not the wisdom to leave it to me to apportion your food. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded] Reference
I make no attempt here to apportion the responsibility for this war between the several powers engaged in it. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe] Reference
I don't think it's possible to apportion percentage, and I don't think any of us should worry about that that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Clinton Hails Return of Democracy to Yugoslavia - October 6, 2000] Reference
I noticed the manner in which thou didst apportion the pigeons, but said nothing; but the chicken, my dear sir!. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
There is no attempt to apportion the burden according to the benefit received -- and perhaps there could be none. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
So justly could Fielding apportion the contributary negligence of society towards the criminals bred by its apathy. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
For this purpose, I have bestowed on them a proper education, and design suitably to apportion my property between them. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
It would very difficult for me to sit here and apportion blame because I don't know what is happening behind the scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Gen. Martin Luther Agwai: Force Dejection] Reference
I'll have a whole supply served out and handed to you eight to by and by apportion to the various places, in quantities which. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Here we unpacked, early as it was, for through the dry countries one has to apportion his day's journeys by the water to be had. From Wordnik.com. [The California Birthday Book] Reference
As any counselor knows, it is ridic - ulous as well as cruel for sanctimonious outsiders to apportion blame for such mutual misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
I think we will vote to give both candidates a fair apportion of delegates and to encourage them to work to bring the party together. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2008] Reference
I recommend that the Congress at its present session apportion representation among the several States as provided by the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Certain standards of civilized life must be met, and we shall find that it requires judgment and skill to apportion our funds properly. From Wordnik.com. [Vocational Guidance for Girls] Reference
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