Word: fractionalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pumps more than nine times that much. Iraq provides only between 9% and 10% of Great Britain's total oil requirements, though it does ship about 34% of France's current supply. Any cutoff of its oil could easily be made up by cracking the taps a fraction wider in other Mideast fields, such as those in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia...
...owns or controls eleven sugar mills in Cuba, finances another 15 to 20 mills when the market demands it. He handles half the 5.5 million-ton Cuban sugar crop, finances 25% of the Puerto Rican and Philippine crops, amounting to another 500,000 tons. A rise of a fraction of a cent (½ last week) on world markets can mean a small fortune for Lobo...
Even in West Germany, where the index of industrial production in May of this year slipped a fraction below the 1957 level, Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard told the Bundestag: "I do not doubt that the pulse of our economy is somewhat weaker...
Consequently, though overall Soviet aid is but a fraction of American aid, Russia creates favorable political over-tones by concentrating assistance in seven crucial nations, employing "show-piece" aid, and sending culturally and linguistically prepared technicians. Considering the outlook for the future, Burns affirmed that "the problem is difficult--it has no guides...
...strategic and tactical lines, furnished the reporting on a cover about Georgia's Senator Richard Russell. Just six weeks ago he traveled to California, reported that Democrat Pat Brown would lead Republican Bill Knowland by 600,000 votes in the pivotal gubernatorial primary. McConaughy was off-by a fraction...