Word: fractionalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fraction of Mr. Kennedy's spending projects is passed, the New Frontier is liable to turn into the Last Roundup...
Essentially scavengers, the dealers-who supply 9,000 surplus stores from coast to coast-hover around military stockpiles and private industry warehouses, buying up obsolete and overstocked goods at a fraction (5-7%) of cost. There is plenty to go around-and not just leftovers from the last war. The Government alone last year unloaded $2.1 billion worth of "usable property." Under a house-cleaning policy recommended in 1955 by the Hoover Commission, it plans to scrap even more in the years to come. The supply seems inexhaustible; the military services often buy too much or find a product obsolete...
...weight throw could provide the highlight of the afternoon, as Stan Doten shoots for a U.S. collegiate record. Doten threw 64 ft., 51/2 in. last Saturday, and the addition of two and a fraction inches would...
...Planned in 1955, when warning time for an attack was four to six hours, the shelter is already obsolete, unless several million more dollars are spent for a twenty-four hour helicopter alert or a private subway from the State House. At best, the shelter holds only a fraction of the State Government, and only for ninety days. Moreover, the entire concept of protective shelters in urban centers is doubtful as a measure of national security, particularly in ever-shorter warning times and the increasing perfection of chemical and biological warfare. A few isolated shelters might save a certain number...
...cholesterol values for the Japanese should read 160, 223 and 248 for the men in Japan, Hawaii and Los Angeles, respectively; not 120, 183 and 213, which are the values for beta lipoprotein cholesterol fraction only...