Word: fractionate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...realm of high-energy physics, muons can be an outright nuisance. These tiny atomic fragments, somewhat heavier than the electrons they resemble, are produced when protons collide inside the bowels of large atom smashers. They live for only a fraction of a second, but are able to pass unscathed through heavy barriers or shields. Thus, unless carefully controlled, they often show up where they are not wanted, and can play havoc with experiments. Now a scientist at the AEC's Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago plans to put the troublesome particles to work. In an effort to take some...
...cases the rear axles and wheels had slipped out from their normal positions, causing minor accidents, and so far Chevy has found defective axles in another 44 cars. It is possible, G.M. dealers believe, that about another 140 Vegas still have defective rear axles. Because they are a fraction of an inch too short, wheels and axles can come loose from the cars. Says James McLernon, Chevy's manufacturing manager: "We made a terrible mistake, and the worst part of it is we just don't know how it could have happened...
...work lay in limbo for nearly 300 years; by 1900 he was a name and three paintings, no more, and the patient labor of art scholars over the past few decades has unearthed only 31 of his pictures, plus various fragments and copies. This must be only a fraction of his output. Throughout this summer, however, the definitive La Tour exhibition is on view at the Orangerie in Paris. Returned to the light, La Tour's work can be seen as one of the marvels of French...
...lower quality and command lower prices than the Swiss. Last year Japanese watchmakers accounted for $106 million in exports, and their sales jumped 10% in Europe and 50% in the U.S. Meanwhile, U.S. manufacturers, led by Timex and Bulova, produced 20 million watches last year, but sold only a fraction of them abroad...
Such community programs have only developed in Massachusetts in the past fifteen years. At first there were only isolated, small-scale programs, such as family counseling centers, halfway houses for former alcoholics and for ex-mental patients, and schools for emotionally distrubed kids. These programs served only a tiny fraction of the people who needed help...