Word: fractionated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Robinson, reached the southern ( Pacific) entrance of the Canal. Major General S. D. Sturgis, in charge of the Canal's defense, concentrated his force of 9,000 men to defend the northern entrance, but only the more obvious points of attack could be protected and only a small fraction of the guns manned...
Passaic (N. J.) High School scored its 125th consecutive basketball victory, defeating Englewood (N. J.) H. S. 69 to 21. Through four and a fraction seasons this extraordinary institution has been invincible on the court. Nor have their opponents been judiciously selected for their inability. Four open state championships are credited to their competence...
...Republican Party, Coolidge is the preeminent candidate and Johnson an industrious but disadvantaged rival. At present there seems likelihood of only two others going to the National Convention with pledged delegates. They are Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, who is expected to have only a fraction of Pennsylvania's 78 delegates, and Senator La Follette, who will have Wisconsin's delegation and some other votes from the Northwest. But because of Mr. La Follette's ill health and his "insurgency" he is not regarded as a serious contender. On the outskirts will hang several favorite sons, such...
Newspaper photographs showed the heads of the two horses on practically a deadline, with In Memoriam having a fraction the better of it. The crowd and In Memoriam's jockey believed he had won the race until Zev's name was posted...
...public, if it be correct and unbiased, must prove valuable in creating that background which is now conspicuous by its absence. It is equally obvious that the motion pictures have no rival for spreading any kind of propaganda; the best of the best sellers never reaches a fraction of the multitudes who see every widely-advertised "movie". And if historically accurate films are produced with the proper regard for dramatic effectiveness, as are those being prepared under the Yale authorities, they will not be shunned as "educational"; and the impressions left will be far more vivid and lasting than those...