Word: fractionated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Roller says, "when you think of Army surplus, you think of only a fraction of what the Federal Government generates." Roaming his domain, Roller glows as he handles a 400-ft. roll of computer paper. "These are neat," he says. "Schools can use them for drawing paper...
Perhaps Carl Sagan's strongest message in his efforts to bring science to the people is this: Science is the true language of the present and of the future. Only a small fraction of this planet's populace, however, can speak the language. The most significant question facing us is whether our civilization, as a whole, will learn to utilize science for the benefit of mankind. The answer will surely determine our future course: noble greatness or self-inflicted extinction...
...Some 23% said unemployment. Another question simply asked the students to name what they believe in. Only one-third answered "Communism," a surprisingly low figure considering the intense indoctrination of youth for the past 30 years. Nearly a quarter of the students said they believed in fate, a tiny fraction named capitalism. A significant 25% offered a chilling answer: "Nothing...
...awards pay tribute to a mere fraction of man's achievements. Still, the six Nobel Prizes announced every autumn are the supreme status symbol, the most coveted and prestigious honors awarded anywhere in science and literature. The laureates, judged under the terms of Swedish Industrialist Alfred Nobel's will to "have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind," receive medals, money and the instant acclaim of peers and public alike. Ranked with the likes of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, W.B. Yeats and Albert Schweitzer, they are deluged with honorary degrees, speaking invitations and book contracts...
...valedictory to the World Bank, the non-oil-exporting nations of the developing world face painful economic adjustments and much slower growth in the years ahead just to keep from sinking any deeper into the petroleum bog. Aid from the industrial nations, complained McNamara, "remains a minuscule and insignificant fraction of their gross national product and is wholly inadequate to the urgent needs at hand...