Word: fractionals
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...others in March 2001. Scholars and donor countries working through the United Nations are discussing the broader goal of repairing Afghanistan's war-shattered culture, including rebuilding one of Bamiyan's destroyed Buddhas, which could cost up to $50 million. Excavating the reclining Buddha would cost a fraction of that. In the meantime, says Afghan archaeologist Zafar Paiman, "There's a cultural void...
...cost of testing a student for drugs ranges from $10 to $20, while the more complicated drug-testing kits for athletes can be double that price because of the need to monitor for performance-enhancing steroids. Even after the court upheld drug testing of student athletes, only a fraction of school districts followed through. Many holdouts cite budget constraints; others cite privacy issues. A.C.L.U. attorney Graham Boyd warns, "If drug testing now becomes a rite of passage...the door will be cracked open wider to government demands for DNA, medical records, financial information and other personal data...
...bachelor has had trouble keeping up his sizzling reputation. Last year his technology consulting site, Arzoo.com closed just 18 months after its launch. Undaunted, he has unveiled TeliVoice, a service that allows cellular subscribers in India to send cheap voice messages to the U.S. and Canada. If even a fraction of India's 6 million cell-phone users sign on, he will have success. Not bad for a man who once planned to sell sandwiches on the streets of Bangalore...
...nature of the speech, which Moynihan had said would be policy-oriented, may have played a role in the composition of the audience. Most of the recent degree recipients in attendance, sporting their black robes, were not undergraduate students, and even they made up only a small fraction of the audience...
Stanford currently uses about a third of its available land and over the next 10 years plans to build up to 3,000 housing units and new academic facilities on a fraction of the land...