Word: fractionated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...found that if you improve in the rankings by one position, you will see more students apply, a smaller fraction admitted and a higher yield from the students accepted," Ehrenberg said. "You also have higher average SAT scores and can get away with giving less financial...
With occupancy rates falling and the room supply outpacing demand in the $93 billion U.S. hotel industry, the big powers are thinking small. Even though boutiques still account for just a fraction of the total market, the chains "don't really have a choice," says Chekitan Dev, marketing professor at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. "For all practical purposes, the traditional hotel is obsolete. There's too much wasted space, it doesn't look inviting, and there's an erosion of brand loyalty." Starwood Hotels & Resorts chairman Barry Sternlicht tried in vain to lure Schrager to his camp...
...getting all their information from dealers; they prefer to gather data on the Net. Varian believes that shopping malls will continue to draw people, but many consumers will come only to visit movie theaters, restaurants, cafes and other entertainment outlets. He thinks shopping at stores will be a smaller fraction of the economic transactions occurring at the mall...
...first Kathwari had to finish a four-year project to integrate the computer systems at all Ethan Allen stores, 70% of which are privately owned. He also needed to convince store owners that they wouldn't be hurt by the new site, which he will do by crediting a fraction of each online sale to the Ethan Allen store of the customer's choice. Now that the site is built, the question is, Will the customers come...
Arkin also pointed out that the number of cluster bombs used in Yugoslavia was a mere fraction of the number sprayed over Iraq, and that this is already a recognition of "the adverse humanitarian impact" of these bombs...