Word: fractionalized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...impossible to stop it," Hoeppner gripes of the impromptu cartel deals. Even for an exclusive photo, a Czech tabloid would pay a fraction of what its U.S. equivalents might. Most Czech celebrity shutterbugs are simply well-paid salarymen. "Better the money, bigger the threat your editor will scold you, 'How come you don't have that?' " Hoeppner says...
Google something, anything. Behind the famous search box, you'll find a very different Google at play. The company's hyper-accurate algorithms, (you know, those mathematical formulas that deliver answers in a fraction of a second), now include video, maps, books, news, images and blogs. The additional features are rolled into all Google's search results, ranked by relevancy and presented in a complete list starting on the main home page. Previously, users needed to go to the company's specialized channels like "Video," "Maps," "Books" or "Images" to see results from different kinds of media. Google calls...
...designers admire its startling unoriginality. Former Dean of the Faculty, William C. Kirby’s words on the vote were reminiscent of Communist China (as he acknowledged): "The motion was passed unanimously although many comrades were opposed." It is no doubt difficult to get even a fraction of our faculty to agree on anything, but their lingering concerns with regard to this important vote point to serious flaws...
Whatever my emotions were, they were only an infinitesimal fraction of what the people who lived through it felt. I had the luxury of the set to keep reminding me it was make-believe...
...here for the millennium," he confided. But given that the best hotel currently in Bahir Dar (sister city: Cleveland, Ohio) is a state-run guesthouse whose moldy rooms and surly plumbing aspire to one-star status, it's doubtful that the new concrete-block hotels will attract even a fraction of the hoped-for crowds...