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...also will see photographs that few outside the fine arts academia have ever heard about. They come from the Houghton's unparalleled collection of correspondence, negatives and vintage photographs--part of the largest and among the most important Feininger collections in the world. Only a small fraction of Harvard's total 5,400 sketches, prints and clippings appear in this small, one room show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Busch-Reisinger's 'Lyonel Feininger' Proves that Art is in the Details | 3/7/1996 | See Source »

...BEEN CAPABLE OF SENDING EXtraterrestrial signals for only a minute fraction of the billions of years our planet has been habitable. Accepting the astronomically remote assumption that a civilization parallel to ours, with the same technology, currently exists and is a mere 1,000 light-years from us, our signals will reach them around A.D. 3000. Will there be anyone left here on Earth to receive the reply? ROBERT REDDEN Warwick, Rhode Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 26, 1996 | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

...form a special West African Task Force that helped nab Adekanbi. According to authorities, his gang used counterfeit cards to obtain at least $650,000 in goods and cash advances and had access to lines of credit worth $8 million. Officials suspect that this loot is only a fraction of the thieves' real total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CREDIT WHERE NONE IS DUE | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

Gramm supporters will now probably turn to Dole for leadership, with a smaller fraction voting for Buchanan, according to one member of the Republican Club...

Author: By Flora Tartakovsky, | Title: Gramm Supporters Need New Candidate | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

...Fraction-1, a tasteless, odorless protein found in all green vegetables but in especially high concentrations in tobacco. It has a greater nutritional value than the milk protein casein and can be used to fortify cosmetics, food and soft drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook, Feb. 12, 1996 | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

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