Word: fractionalism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...which are typically low-rent, warehouse-like places with cement floors. Aside from a single manager per store, all employees are part time; many are recruited from the ranks of loyal customers, tempted by the 20% employee discount. The company stocks its shelves with closeout lines acquired at a fraction of their original price. Typical offerings range from Waterford crystal frames ($24.99 ) to Fendi mufflers ($19.99) to Spode china...
...Gennaro said that Harvard may move some 400,000 volumes currently housed in a book depository in Allston to another location. Built some 40 years ago, the Allston depository can hold only a fraction of the books Harvard officials had hoped it could...
Salmonella poisoning has been around for a long time, but the number of reported cases has surged, from 33,700 in 1980 to 47,800 last year. Those figures represent only a small fraction of the problem, since most cases, - while unpleasant, pass quickly and go unreported. Experts believe that each year as many as 4 million Americans have a bout with salmonella. Occasionally the infection is serious enough to require hospitalization, and it can lead to arthritis, neurological problems and even death. The elderly, AIDS sufferers and others with weakened immune systems are especially vulnerable to the disease, which...
...that will speed travelers from Britain into Europe's expanding transport network. By contrast, residents of Britain's prosperous rural Kent have opposed construction and the industrialization that will follow. British road and rail systems -- which include no high-speed equipment -- remain inadequate. Thatcher's government spends only a fraction of France's commitment to improving infrastructure. Many businessmen fear that Britain's failure to take full advantage of the Chunnel link will not make it easier for them to compete in the new Europe...
Never was the collective and irrational vilification of the press any clearer than at the Silber election night reception. Even before the candidate's lead in the early returns had faded, a fraction of his diehard followers, gathered at the main ballroom of the Prudential Sheraton, were itching for a fight with the assembled media...