Word: fractionate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unwanted Bills. A fraction of the amount pledged by the producers -namely, $10,000-went to Jake Jacobsen, an Austin, Texas, attorney who was close to Connally. The milk producers instructed Jacobsen to turn the money over to Connally, who would then distribute it to deserving congressional candidates. In his testimony to the grand jury, Jacobsen said that he offered it to Connally, but his fellow Texan refused to take it. Much like the $100,000 campaign gift from Howard Hughes to Bebe Rebozo, the cash was reputedly placed by Jacobsen in a vault in a bank-an Austin bank...
Still, for an industry that has revenues of $18.3 billion a year (after federal, state and local taxes), such expenditures are probably only a fraction of what they should be. Contrasted with this are all the ads pitched toward the young, implying that not even a weekend in the country can be truly enjoyable without drinking. The industry could no doubt change its pitch-use older models and show people drinking only at parties-without cutting sales or profits...
...infinitely expanding universe is a concept that does not sit well with many scientists, but in their search of the heavens, astronomers have so far found only a fraction of the mass needed to produce enough gravitational force to halt and reverse the outward flight. Now, Astrophysicist Jeremiah P. Ostriker of Princeton University thinks that he may have found what his colleagues have been looking for. At a recent meeting of the American Physical Society in Chicago, he suggested that enough mass to "close" the universe may be hidden in great halos of matter around the galaxies. His evidence comes...
Ultimately an arms limitation agreement rests on two fundamental principles: a mutual integrity of intention and a readiness to sacrifice the necessary fraction of one's own sovereignty. Since neither the Soviet leadership nor the Nixon administration seems to understand these principles the burden now falls on the Congress. Only Congress can stop the vicious cycle created by the "bargaining chips" policy by stopping new arms production. Congress should not only reject the proposed increases in the defense budget, but also reallocate current defense funds for the improvement of our nation's health, education, and welfare...
...medical students came from the top 3 per cent economic bracket, whereas only 12 per cent came from the lowest half of the population. It goes without saying that that half contains more whites than people of color, though because of racial discrimination, the latter constitute a disproportionate fraction of the poor and near-poor...