Word: fractionals
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With tourism seemingly out of mind for most Americans, New York City theaters have been struggling to keep their productions from closing. Broadway shows are playing to a small fraction of the audiences that are normally in attendance. The casts of six musicals have already taken 25 percent pay cuts—the actors in the popular musical comedy “Kiss Me Kate” have agreed to a 50 percent cut—in the hopes that audiences will return and save the show from closing...
...vital to strengthen all those institutions for peace. The law of unpredictable results means that violence may produce untold further violence in the future. This is particularly true in connection with the military strikes naturally being contemplated at the moment. If we were to spend even a fraction of the sums spent on defense budgets both in the U.S. and in the Middle East on serious peace initiatives, we would get much better dividends...
...mainland, and firing in Hong Kong. Premier Zhu Rongji, a former Shanghai mayor, allowed the mainland property bubble to burst in the mid-'90s without intervention. Now, Shanghai and other Chinese cities are bursting with new businesses in part because both wages and asset prices are but a fraction of Hong Kong...
...rankings definitely do matter,” he said. “When an institution improves in the rankings—other factors held constant—the next year it gets more applicants, can accept a smaller fraction, has a higher yield on its accepted applicants, the students who enroll have higher test scores and it can get away with offering less generous financial aid packages. Conversely, if the institution’s rank worsens, just the opposite happens...
...More people die in the sunless depths of China's coal pits than in any other country's mines. Last year, 5,300 people perished, according to government statistics, and independent analysts say that figure represents only a fraction of all deaths. Embarrassed by its appalling safety record, China's Cabinet finally took action in mid-June, ordering all small state-owned mines to halt production for safety checks and calling for intensified raids against illegal mines, such as the one in Guizhou province that claimed Zhang's husband. Last week, Premier Zhu Rongji visited that desperately poor province...