Word: fractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...done." Adds Stanford University Labor Economist Thomas Sowell, a black: "Talk about people being unemployable is just so much rubbish. Everybody is unemployable at one wage rate, and everybody is employable at another." Perhaps not quite everybody. In a free economy, there will always be some small fraction of people who lack the skills or discipline to work. But there is a lot of work that needs doing?cleaning up parks, repairing abandoned buildings, taking part in the burgeoning service trades?at reasonable wages...
...half-ounce heavier than the others. Carew sent a recent shipment of bats back to Hillerich & Bradsby, maker of the famed Louisville Slugger. His exasperated explanation: "Every one was the wrong weight, and the handles were all too big." Interpretation: the wood was not shaved within the proper tiny fraction of an inch of perfection. Like all the other great hitters, Carew scrupulously cares for his bats. He bathes them with alcohol, removing the buildup of pine tar that is used to tighten the bond between hand and wood. "I can't stand a dirty bat," he explains. "Some...
...their washday efforts, top Mafiosi can never launder more than a fraction of their illegal earnings. Thus a valued member of each clan is the "money mover," who specializes in finding ways of putting Mob money to work. Loan-sharking is a favorite because of its quick and huge returns. California officials estimate that Chicago mobsters have invested $50 million in Palm Springs bars, restaurants, hotels and real estate. As the Mafia defector said: "Money layin' around in your pocket don't do nothin' but get wrinkles...
Stevens hopes to head off the parklands proposal with a hastily drafted plan that would preserve a fraction of the acreage in question and place buffer zones under control of a commission that would be free to permit development. But the preservationists are expected to win the battle of Alaska. The public, by using U.S. national parks in ever-increasing numbers, has demonstrated that it needs more wilderness. So has the Carter Administration, which despite its emphasis on energy, pledged last week to place high priority on preserving Alaska's wilderness...
...spheres of niobium, a metal that becomes a superconductor when it is chilled to near absolute zero. When the sphere is levitated in a strong magnetic field, and virtually stripped of electrical charge, any charge that remains-even the minuscule charge of a single electron or, more significantly, a fraction of that charge-can be detected...