Word: fractionating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trillion-dollar hole By allowing workers to divert part of their payroll taxes to private accounts (Bush hasn't said how much this would be; the fraction his advisers throw around is one-sixth), Bush cuts the size of the social security surplus almost in half, by about $1 trillion. And not using that money for debt reduction adds an additional $300 billion to the government's interest bill. These costs (along with his $1.6 trillion tax cut) mean it will take longer for Bush to eliminate the national debt, leaving less money in the future to guarantee Social Security...
Hannon's critics see the program as too little, too late. They complain that ATE's 18,100-student turnout falls short of the 30,000 Hannon expected this year, and even that figure is a minute fraction of the system's total enrollment. The Chicago Urban League School that two-thirds of the city's 512 elementary schools remain either 90% white or 90% nonwhite. The state board points out that state rules require every school to have a racial composition approximating that of the school system as a whole; yet in Chicago, where...
...whole industry revolves around making women feel good?which they rarely can unless they think they look attractive. True, sales of men's colognes, skin toners and other cosmetics have been rising fast and now account for a large but indeterminate fraction of the business. Men too have been captivated by the growing national preoccupation with youthful appearance and bodily fitness. Still, women buy about 95% of men's cosmetics as presents for husbands, boyfriends and fathers, many of whom also cheat by dabbing on some of the women's creams and foundation colorings with the bathroom door closed...
...Island. March 5, 1978. The event is the Eastern Championship Final of the 400-yd. freestyle relay. The outcome will determine the victor of the three-day title meet, the most important yearly event in Eastern swimming. After a heart-stopping eight man duel, it comes down to a fraction of a second--Princeton freshman star Andy O'Hara touches out Crimson superduper star Bobby Hackett to win the race and the meet...
...hairy toes suddenly charged with a task that will decide the battle between good and evil in his world. This elemental quest is what the whole fantasy boils down to and percolates up from. Bakshi tries to strike the same balance between the personal and universal, but in a fraction of the time at Tolkien's disposal and using images, not chapters. Visually, the two scales do not mix, and, as might be expected, the big swallows the small...