Word: fractionating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That battle apparently united the students and the administration. There seems to be no need for any administrative offices or structures dealing especially with women, or for committees considering policy changes, and only a tiny fraction of the women at Princeton have shown any interest in the Women's Center. And even the women at the Center have few gripes and say they do not feel Princeton is a male-dominated institution. As one of the Center's staffers put it, "This place definitely has a co-ed feel...
...faltering economy. The country's work force is only about 3 million, and unemployment has been rising rapidly. Hundreds of small businesses have closed, and large companies are not expanding. Says one Lisbon businessman with companies in Africa: "We could not employ in Portugal more than a fraction of our people from down there who have asked us for jobs...
Still, the number of TV and stage performers remains a fraction of the conjuring work force. Most well-paid magicians work at trade shows, parties and conventions where the fees can reach $2,500 per diem. Dick Gustafson, a former chemist, derives a nearly six-figure income from trade shows. "It's no trick," he insists. "For example, I link steel rings together at a show to demonstrate how a chemist will link molecules together to make fibers for, say, Du Pont. Sometimes I float my wife in the air to emphasize the lightness of a fabric." Conjurer Milbourne...
...Crucial Fraction. That is quite a compliment for a man who moves on 35-year-old legs. At an age when Ty Cobb was able to steal only nine bases in a season and Wills had slowed down to 52, Brock looks as streamlined as he did a decade ago. He stands 5 ft. 11 in. and weighs a trim 170 lbs. Stop watches have clocked his dash from first to second at 3.5 sec., half a second better than the average baserunner. It is a crucial fraction. "It takes a pitcher an average of eight-tenths of a second...
Brock also takes some educated guesses before he runs. Because curve balls take a fraction of a second longer to reach the catcher than fast balls, Brock prefers to run when he thinks a curve is coming. He figures the odds by studying the habits of catchers and attempting to guess when they will call for breaking pitches...