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...Best Bargains: Shops along the pedestrian Váci utca sell Herend china and turn-of-the-century crystal and silverware for a fraction of the price you'd pay in Western Europe...
Gela Bezhuashvili, Georgia's deputy defense minister, said on 7 March that a "small group" of Chechen fighters had left hideouts in the Pankisi Gorge, Reuters reported. Bezhuashvili said he believed that all but a tiny fraction would follow them. There has been no independent confirmation. the whole story
...United States government spends only a fraction of its time addressing abortion or gay rights. American troops are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq may be next. President George W. Bush has dramatically altered the tax system and signed into law a bill that calls for a massive overhaul of public education. The FY 2003 budget is already in the red and we still haven’t sorted out how to deal with the national health care fiasco...
Hamburg has hired only 250 new police officers, a fraction of Schill's promised 2,000. The new cops will take two-and-a-half years to complete their training. Hamburg has also added 250 security guards, who will be assigned to protect buildings such as the American consulate, freeing up another 250 police to work against crime. The city did find an innovative way of forcing drug addicts out of the main train station. In addition to deploying more police patrols, the station now plays endless repeats of Vivaldi at high volume to drive people away...
...HSPDS’s contribution is significant, but it comprises a fraction of the work. And for that fraction, the HSPDS earns handsome compensation. For each round judged by a team member, the HSPDS receives compensation at a $5 premium compared to the compensation offered to independently-associated judges. The HSPDS’s compensation for running the ballot table approaches a thousand dollars. A generous and devoted alum of the policy team runs the individual events ballot table for free...