Word: fractionalism
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...computer enhancement and image manipulation, he still does everything by hand. As a result, no photograph can be exactly reproduced--a uniqueness that lends a certain poetic beauty to each work. Every image seems to capture a fleeting image, the enchanting mood which lasts for a fraction of a second and then is gone forever...
...will probably yield little cash, and how will anyone know how much of the $68 million in Nazi gold the Allies have left was taken from Jews rather than from national treasuries? Whatever money is eventually deemed to belong to the Jews will never be more than a tiny fraction of what was taken so viciously from them. Something akin to the truth may well be all that is left to solace them...
...human brain must forge quadrillions of connections. But there are only 100,000 genes in human DNA. Even though half these genes--some 50,000--appear to be dedicated to constructing and maintaining the nervous system, he observes, that's not enough to specify more than a tiny fraction of the connections required by a fully functioning brain...
...preparing its third appeal in a year for the country?s aid. U.N. officials called North Korea a nation "in the throes of a life-threatening food shortage," noting that its current state-provided rations have been reduced to only 3 1/2 ounces daily for each person, a fraction even of the 22 ounces refugees receive in U.N.-supported camps in Africa. The Clinton Administration last week eased its 47-year trade embargo on North Korea by allowing non-governmental organizations to provide food aid to the North. The North Korean official, who was not identified, was quoted as thanking...
...close to what he wanted to be doing with his life. Now he's a Vermonter, ski instructing by day and acting, directing and producing by night, playing out an undergraduate passion for theater initiated in a Dunster House student production. He reveals that though he earns a fraction of what he once did, household management, his wife's income and New England pleasantries make up the difference...