Word: fractionating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that out of such a large number of people some would be unethical or dishonest. But to label all salesmen unethical on that basis makes no more sense than to label the entire medical, legal, scientific, academic, and journalistic professions corrupt because of the corrupt actions of a small fraction of their total membership...
...were wrong. We are coming to the unhappy realization that the police can rarely prevent crime and can solve at best only a small fraction of offenses. We now know that prisons cannot rehabilitate offenders. Hundreds of experimental studies on the treatment of criminals reach the same conclusion: no matter what form rehabilitation takes-vocational or academic training, individual or group counseling, long or short sentences, probation or parole-it does not work. We must finally concede that it is naive to suppose we can take a convict who has devoted a good part of his life to misbehavior...
...regular actors, who bill themselves as "The Not Ready For Prime Time Players," have received offers for movie or situation-comedy roles. The standout comedian, Chevy Chase, is considered the heir-apparent to Johnny Carson ("The Tonight Show"). And "Saturday Night" has done all this at a fraction of the cost of a six million dollar woman...
...found ample time to clown around. Carl Yastrzemski played a game of dodgeball, ducking out of the path of the ball a fraction of a second before it would hit him as it sailed in from the outfield. On the bullpen bench, outfielder Rick Miller and catcher Tim Blackwell engaged in a fierce game of hockey. Miller used the handle of a bat and shot a baseball forcing Blackwell to make some spectacular kick saves as well as a few tremendous diving saves. Blackwell also made good use of a rusty nail, poking his opponent to keep...
Although the number of graduates joining nonprofit firms or working for the government is slowly increasing, they continue to represetnt a small fraction of Business School graduates, Hodgins said...