Word: fractionalism
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...master of stop-frame (also called stop-motion) animation. Now almost entirely supplanted by digital modeling and animation, the technique was expensive and difficult. A flexible model of the creature-protagonist was placed in a miniature set in front of a locked-down camera. The model was moved a fraction of an inch and a photo was taken, a photo that constituted one frame of the finished sequence. The arm or the legs or the head of the model was then moved another fraction of an inch, and another frame was exposed. By the end of a day's shooting...
...there's a growing movement in the Third World to not simply accept the limits imposed by their poverty on their ability to fight AIDS. Brazil and India have led the way in manufacturing cheap copies of the patented AIDS drugs, and making those available for a fraction of the prices charged in the West. One Indian company, for example, has undertaken to supply the cocktail treatment for somewhere between $500 and $800 a year per patient. The authorities in South Africa want the right to import the cheapest possible version of the drugs that can contain their AIDS emergency...
...There's a natural concern among pharmaceutical manufacturers that allowing AIDS drugs to become available in Africa at a fraction of the price charged in the U.S. might prompt patients (and even governments) in the industrialized world to begin asking why they ought to continue paying the higher price. Or worse still, that those Brazilian or Indian companies who undercut them in Africa may decide to challenge the pharmaceutical giants in other markets, even in their own backyards...
...effort to cut down on the overwhelming traffic created by Napster and other file-sharing software, Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) announced three weeks ago that it would limit outbound network traffic to only a fraction of the total bandwidth. Although this temporary measure is intended only to prevent outside users from connecting to computers on the Harvard network, it has now become clear that the restriction is interfering with legitimate student use of the network. Although we support HASCS in its attempt to make sure that a functioning network is available to students, the current problems would...
...position of wealth and power. But the fallout from his crash, Russian art experts warn, may soon get worse. As the ruins of Vinogradov's old empire are hawked in an upcoming bankruptcy sale, one of the world's most famous paintings stands to be sold for a fraction of its value amid whispered allegations of kickbacks and shady private profits...