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Although only a modest fraction of the Harvard faculty has implemented the suggestions put forth in Light's first report, Light said that he is thrilled with the response. "If only 10 or 20 percent do it, that's 200 courses. If I'm helpful to even a modest number of people, I consider it a great success...
...votes counted, Mr. Samp? "First, take the number of offices and add one," he says. "Then divide that number into the total number of voters, take away the fraction and add one. Redistribute the surplus and you're done...
...that the issue is exaggerated point to the tiny number of sexual-harassment charges -- 5,557 complaints -- that ended up before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year. It is true that cases are also handled in private litigation, but overall the number of formal complaints reflects a minuscule fraction of the number of women who say they have experienced harassment at work...
...centralizing regional taxation authority in a democratic body with decidedly disproportional representation, with center dwellers counting more. It would force the suburbanites to fish or cut bait. They will either head all the way to the sticks or return to the Big City, if only to get their fraction of a vote back. (Step 1: A Miracle Happens...
...suffer from low-back aches at some point in their lifetime. The annual cost to U.S. society of treating the ubiquitous ailment was recently tallied at a crippling $24 billion, compared with $6 billion for AIDS and $4 billion for lung cancer. If spinal manipulation could ease even a fraction of that financial burden, remaining skeptics might be forced to stifle their misgivings or get cracking themselves...