Word: fractionalism
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...once a Western, a tale of the first Hispanic hero, and a portrait of turn-of-the-century America, and on all three of these levels it works impressively well. Equally impressive is the filmmaker's dedication in producing this unusual movie with a $1.3 million budget, a fraction of the cost of the typical Hollywood release...
Tefft said his office would pay the government $1 million from the University's General Operating Account within 30 days. Ultimately, most of the $1 million will be charged to the Medical School, with a small fraction also made up by the School of Public Health, O'Brien added...
...South Africa, though, the government's constituency consists in reality of a fraction of the population: South African whites. This constituency has no desire for change; in fact, its fear or reform borders on paranoia. More important still, whites in South Africa perceive the system of separation they have set up to be divinely ordained--the will of God. White South Africans are a deeply religious people: an overwhelming majority attend church regularly. And the notion of the separation of church and state is unknown. Religious--and hence ideological--beliefs are passed down in the schools...
...some of the biggest boom states-California, Texas, Florida-could be leftward: the states' predominantly Democratic Hispanic populations are growing especially fast and it seems likely that in elections hence, a greater proportion of Hispanic Americans will vote. Hispanics, blacks and Asian Americans together will constitute a larger fraction of the country's population-16.9% by century's turn, up from today...
...surgery, the overnight stay in a hospital room, the wobbly-kneed walk down a long, sterile corridor, and, most important, the enormous bill after ward, are things of the past. About 150 outpatient surgical centers around the country now offer fast opera tions in a relaxed environment at a fraction of hospital prices...