Word: fractionalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...makes two points clear. First, Harvard students can benefit as much by group study as by individual tutorial. Such groups, whether financed by a generous patron or diversion of some Faculty funds, certainly can be extended through the Houses--with or without academic credit--to reach more than a fraction of a single class. And, secondly, the Freshman Seminars demonstrate in part the uninspiring conditions of the Yard. A calcified required composition course, the presence of disciplinary proctors instead of tutors, a singularly unattractive and crowded dining hall: all these petty annoyances combine with normal first-year traumas to keep...
...London, on the world's biggest free silver market, the price of futures in silver last week rose to 92⅞? per oz. This was a mere quarter of a cent over the current price, but it represented the biggest futures spread in 19 years. The fraction was small, but in the tight silver trade it was a lot. It was also a warning signal, as London silver brokers Mocatta & Goldsmid Ltd. put it with characteristic British understatement, that "those, who take a longer view are inclined to foresee a deficiency of silver." Consumption of silver in industry...
Though it draws the biggest promotional splash, the carriage trade is only a small fraction of Neiman-Marcus' business. "We are geared to sell the oilman," says Marcus, "but even more, the oilman's secretary." Still, it is the very special sale that pleases him most. In one working day last week, Marcus came up with the gift for the "man who has everything, including a hangover," and sold a portable oxygen tank. Another customer who wanted "something new" got a watch specially made without numbers (it had only a single black dot). And then, of course...
...light. At almost the same instant, Soviet monitoring stations in the Pacific, in Central Asia, on the Black Sea, and near Murmansk in extreme northwestern Russia recorded the waves clearly. After studying the records, Dr. Troitskaya decided that the final Argus blast on Sept 6, exploded a small fraction of a second from 10 hr. 12 min. 34 sec. p.m. Greenwich mean time. At last week's end this figure was still classified information...
...realize that special seminars are being organized which will include Israeli speakers; however, only a limited number of individual students will be at such seminars. They will certainly represent but a fraction of the number who will be in Sanders Theater for the panel discussions...