Word: fractionalism
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...growing use of epidural pain relief, once largely confined to the obstetric delivery room to ease labor, has been a tremendous boon to cancer and postoperative patients. A terminal cancer patient who no longer receives adequate relief from huge doses of oral morphine can find relief at a fraction of the dosage with an epidural, and feel a lot less "doped up" as well. Epidurals are commonly used today after knee surgery and are increasingly being incorporated into the home care of acutely ill patients...
...course, because "Glengarry Glen Ross" takes place in New York, it usually rains in torrents and the movie takes us clear to the underside of contemporary life like nothing since "Death of a Salesman." Unfortunately, another painful parallel to "Salesman" is that the film uses only a fraction of the potential that the medium bestows upon it. The scenes are limited and we rarely see any kind of action other than frustrated rampages and darkly philosophical dialogues...
...truly staggering. Imagine the populations of India and China equipped with two cars to a family, air conditioning in private homes and appliances galore, participating fully in a consumer economy that already makes heavy demands on the world's environment even when it is confined to a mere fraction of the world's population. It is obvious that the wasteful, heedless life now enjoyed by the West cannot be made available to everyone without stretching the energy resources of the earth, as well as its adaptive capacity, beyond the breaking point...
...that began leaking out last week could hardly have been worse. Pay-Per-View Update, an industry newsletter, estimated that only 125,000 homes signed up for the two-week package. TripleCast officials said the figure was between 200,000 and 250,000. Either way, it represents a paltry fraction of the 2 million that had been projected. By midweek discounts were being offered: a reduced $19.95 a day and a special weekend rate of $29.95. But even if late sales pick up, the TripleCast will not come close to generating enough income to meet its costs -- about $100 million...
...easy life working for an addled travel agency in Cambridge, Mass. "I could flirt with the customers, wear tight pants to work, drink at lunch, and swear on the phone," he notes, but adds, with the grace that saves him, that he wouldn't mind making "a tiny fraction of the world a better place." His lover, Arthur, wants them to buy a house together and settle down for good. But Patrick already knows that he would be "stuck in a passionless domestic relationship...