Word: fractionals
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Hamburg has hired only 250 new police officers, a fraction of Schill's promised 2,000. The new cops will take two-and-a-half years to complete their training. Hamburg has also added 250 security guards, who will be assigned to protect buildings such as the American consulate, freeing up another 250 police to work against crime. The city did find an innovative way of forcing drug addicts out of the main train station. In addition to deploying more police patrols, the station now plays endless repeats of Vivaldi at high volume to drive people away...
...conflicts. Smarter procurement would enable Europe to get more bang for the defense buck. The U.S. can afford to spend $350 billion on three new kinds of tactical fighter, but Europe should be shopping for drones that can carry out many of the tasks of unmanned aircraft at a fraction of the cost. Europe also needs to get its organizational act together. Every six months the E.U. has a new President who can come from the likes of tiny Luxembourg or neutral Ireland. Henry Kissinger once famously asked for Europe's telephone number. It's still unlisted. If Europe wants...
Rather than pluck out selected ballots and counting them entirely, fractional transfer would take all extra ballots but weight them as if each one was just a fraction of a vote. For example, instead of counting every 4th ballot, all of the ballots would be counted with a weight of one-fourth...
...HSPDS’s contribution is significant, but it comprises a fraction of the work. And for that fraction, the HSPDS earns handsome compensation. For each round judged by a team member, the HSPDS receives compensation at a $5 premium compared to the compensation offered to independently-associated judges. The HSPDS’s compensation for running the ballot table approaches a thousand dollars. A generous and devoted alum of the policy team runs the individual events ballot table for free...
...hard the government will fight a growing movement to legitimize hemp farming in the U.S. Right now it's legal to sell hemp products but illegal to grow the hemp used in them, which is imported. The global market for raw hemp is expanding. Foods are only a fraction of the hemp-product universe, which includes Mercedes door panels, Body Shop Body Butter, Armani place mats, and countless humbler items such as twine, carpet and diapers. These nonedibles would remain legal under the rule. But if the court doesn't intervene, investors may think twice before supporting a business associated...