Word: fractionalism
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Much of Mr. Test's charm derived from the fact that nobody, not even most of the Harvard Administration, knew what he did--or who he was--when he wasn't proctoring exams. Although he monitored tests for no more than a small fraction of the year, one could often run into him during the off season in the back corridors of Mem Hall, his formidable midsection barely contained by a stylish outfit, the obligatory tall bottle of Pepsi at his side...
These pilots are a mere fraction of the number of people who have responded to club announcements. "Sixty members is more than we ever dreamed of," says Arango. "We were shooting for 20-25, advertising mostly by word of mouth, and 60 people responded in the first two weeks...
...each country, estimates that 23,000 Bolivian peasant families depend on coca for their livelihoods, and that the crop generates nearly $1 billion a year for Peru, where the entire national budget is just over $5 billion. But the business is controlled by Colombians. All but a small fraction of cocaine headed for the U.S. comes first to Colombia, generally as a gooey coca paste, for final refining into crystalline white cocaine...
Although admissions fees from the Fogg's more than 100,000 yearly visitors should raise a "substantial amount" of money, according to Rotner, it will still only account for a small fraction of the total museum budget, which was over $3 million in the fiscal year...
...sometimes hard to remember that this is a very large battle over very small sums. The bulk of the $115 million a week collected by N.C.C. member churches goes to good works, and even in the modest portion of the budgets dealing with political controversy, only a fraction goes to disputed causes. But Theologian Carl EH. Henry, an I.R.D. board member, observes, no doubt accurately, that many Protestants object to helping Marxists with even a single penny: "It's like virginity. You don't lose it in percentages...