Word: fractionalized
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...childhood memories. "I grew up with Barbie," says Nancy Parsons, 50, president of the Western Pennsylvania Doll Club. "That was my toy. We lived out in the country. My brothers had their G.I. Joes, and I had my Barbie." Parsons put 500 of her dolls on display, only a fraction of her entire fleet. Though every doll is beloved in her collection, over the years, she says, she did sell a few for extra cash, which helped put her sons through college...
...supporters of legalization may have been handed their most convincing factor yet: the bummer economy. Advocates say that if state or local governments could collect a tax on even a fraction of pot sales, it would help rescue cash-strapped communities. Not surprisingly, the idea is getting traction in California, home to the nation's largest supply of domestically grown marijuana (worth an estimated $14 billion a year) and biggest state budget deficit (more than $26 billion...
...White House announced tighter food-safety rules governing the production of eggs, poultry, beef and produce. But while consumer groups touted the new regulations as a step in the right direction, analysts cautioned that the FDA's depleted workforce still won't be able to inspect more than a fraction of the country's 150,000 food-processing plants each year...
...profit when the IOUs come due on Oct. 2. Meanwhile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Chase agreed to accept the IOUs at face value through July 10. After that, recipients will have to go to check-cashing storefronts or credit unions, which will take them at a fraction of the full price...
Trump, Donald • alleged delight of at engagement of daughter of to son of another distasteful real estate tycoon • lawsuit of against author who claimed actual worth of is a fraction of the billions endlessly and nauseatingly boasted about by is thrown out of court • reference to in new book by Kurt Andersen as "a clownish reality-show artifact" is not appreciated...