Word: fractionated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, because "Glengarry Glen Ross" takes place in New York, it usually rains in torrents and the movie takes us clear to the underside of contemporary life like nothing since "Death of a Salesman." Unfortunately, another painful parallel to "Salesman" is that the film uses only a fraction of the potential that the medium bestows upon it. The scenes are limited and we rarely see any kind of action other than frustrated rampages and darkly philosophical dialogues...
...truly staggering. Imagine the populations of India and China equipped with two cars to a family, air conditioning in private homes and appliances galore, participating fully in a consumer economy that already makes heavy demands on the world's environment even when it is confined to a mere fraction of the world's population. It is obvious that the wasteful, heedless life now enjoyed by the West cannot be made available to everyone without stretching the energy resources of the earth, as well as its adaptive capacity, beyond the breaking point...
...that began leaking out last week could hardly have been worse. Pay-Per-View Update, an industry newsletter, estimated that only 125,000 homes signed up for the two-week package. TripleCast officials said the figure was between 200,000 and 250,000. Either way, it represents a paltry fraction of the 2 million that had been projected. By midweek discounts were being offered: a reduced $19.95 a day and a special weekend rate of $29.95. But even if late sales pick up, the TripleCast will not come close to generating enough income to meet its costs -- about $100 million...
...easy life working for an addled travel agency in Cambridge, Mass. "I could flirt with the customers, wear tight pants to work, drink at lunch, and swear on the phone," he notes, but adds, with the grace that saves him, that he wouldn't mind making "a tiny fraction of the world a better place." His lover, Arthur, wants them to buy a house together and settle down for good. But Patrick already knows that he would be "stuck in a passionless domestic relationship...
...economic news may also explain new polls, released last week, that show a continuing slide in Bush's standing. A Washington Post-ABC News survey for the first time put Bill Clinton in the lead with 31%, followed by Ross Perot with just a fraction less and Bush with...