Word: fractionalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White House Communications Director Patrick Buchanan predicts a new, more vigorous incarnation for social conservatives. "The right-to-life movement is as strong or stronger than ever. The number of gay-rights marchers at various demonstrations has been a fraction of their old strength. The Christians are taking over the Republican Party in Missouri, Washington and Michigan...
...command. And, yes, she sometimes prescribes a pot of her own chicken soup, which she drops by a patient's home. Jean Sweeney-Dunn, who runs Community Nursing Services for the Elderly in Elmira, N.Y., asks $2 for a urine test and $5 for a blood-sugar analysis, a fraction of what a physician would charge...
...turns out that minoxidil can indeed grow hair, but it rarely produces a robust crop. It works best on the scalps of men who are just beginning to go bald, especially those in their early 20s. Only a fraction of the nation's millions of balding men meet those criteria. This limited efficacy is borne out by Upjohn-sponsored tests at 27 centers around the country. According to the company, 76% of the men using a solution that was 2% minoxidil showed evidence of new hair growth after a year. That was the assessment of researchers who regularly counted...
...report, prepared by the Coordinating Committee on Sexual Harassment, lamented that only a fraction of sexual harassment victims ask the University to intervene on their behalf. It also expressed concerns over what it termed "serious problems" of sexual harassment by peers...
...food stamp program, created by Congress in 1964, currently helps nearly 20 million Americans buy food, but another 10 to 15 million eligible people do not receive benefits, according to federal estimates. Brown said recently enacted federal regulations have causes the fraction of eligible people who receive benefits to decline...