Word: fractionation
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...operative, a lot of people have wondered whether the President would step in to keep him from going to prison. On the one hand, Bush has never been a man inclined to spare people from prison time or execution. As Governor of Texas, he issued only a small fraction of the pardons offered by his predecessors from either party. And as President, his Justice Department has consistently pushed for tough sentences...
...federal agency responsible for tracking delays on behalf of the Department of Transportation. According to that data, 36 planes sat on the tarmac for more than five hours in 2006. "We have 7.2 million flights in the United States each year. This kind of a thing happens a fraction of a fraction of the time," David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association (ATA), which represents 90% of consumer carriers in the U.S, said...
...Mistakes were made on many levels," says David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association (ATA), which represents 90% of commercial airlines in the United States. "But this happens a fraction of a fraction of the time." In 2006, more than 4.5 million flights in the United States departed within 15 minutes of leaving the gate, according to the DOT. Conversely, 224 flights sat on the tarmac for more than 4 hours...
...impossible to stop it," Hoeppner gripes of the impromptu cartel deals. Even for an exclusive photo, a Czech tabloid would pay a fraction of what its U.S. equivalents might. Most Czech celebrity shutterbugs are simply well-paid salarymen. "Better the money, bigger the threat your editor will scold you, 'How come you don't have that?' " Hoeppner says...
Google something, anything. Behind the famous search box, you'll find a very different Google at play. The company's hyper-accurate algorithms, (you know, those mathematical formulas that deliver answers in a fraction of a second), now include video, maps, books, news, images and blogs. The additional features are rolled into all Google's search results, ranked by relevancy and presented in a complete list starting on the main home page. Previously, users needed to go to the company's specialized channels like "Video," "Maps," "Books" or "Images" to see results from different kinds of media. Google calls...