Word: fractionation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which coordinates the Voice of America, cultural exchanges, films, speakers, exhibits and other aspects of U.S. "public diplomacy"-has a budget of only $448 million. Even if the $87 million the U.S. spends separately for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are included, the total is still a small fraction of the Soviet propaganda budget...
...declaration was not his only melodramatic ploy. Earlier, he had staged a nighttime muster for five Belfast journalists. They were taken in a blacked-out van to a windswept hillside, where they emerged to see 500 men drawn up in military ranks. The men, warned Paisley, were only a fraction of the Protestant force that could fight for continued union...
...urban middle class is divided among those who have already chosen to side with the FDR opposition, those seeking to leave the country and those remaining neutral for the time being. Only a small fraction of this sector can be said to be committed to the survival of the current regime...
...trucks and trailers and 2,200 independent dealers in the 48 mainland states. The waiting list for dealerships numbers 1,800. Though start-up costs have precluded any profits so far, Jartran expects revenues this year to reach close to $100 million. That is still only a fraction of Ryder System's $1.8 billion...
...means escaping from the latest Oscar award acceptance speech only to be trapped within earshot of a disc jockey who considers it a felony to fall silent for a second. Some 5,000 radio and TV talk shows fill the air with an oceanic surf of gabble, a big fraction of it as disposable as a weather-caster's strained charm. It is easy to snap off and tune out, but it is not so simple to elude real-life blather. Try to get away from it all, and soon a stage-struck airline captain will be monologuing about...