Word: fractions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Francisco must first travel half the distance between the two cities, and then must go half the distance between that point and the destination, then half the distance again, so that, by this logic, he will never arrive where he wanted to go. One-half, one-third, any fraction will do. At a guess, rape would drop by 90% if such a punishment were enforced...
Harvard's largest community service organization expected to raise a few thousand dollars, of which they will keep only a fraction, The money will be used to help pay the expenses of PBH's 49 committees, said Fiorino...
...strict Serbian and Croatian blockades have reduced the Muslims in supply-starved central Bosnia to banditry and the looting of food meant for the thousands of other Muslim refugees in besieged Tuzla, 45 miles to the north. Increased harassment at checkpoints has cut aid to the Muslims to a fraction of what Serbs and Croats receive...
Although traditionally a large fraction of students receive a "red dot" on their registration packets due to being behind on tuition payments, Maruca said he did not expect many red dots this year...
Even so, welfare's flaws are under scrutiny. For a fraction of recipients, the checks create a culture of dependency in which children grow up without ever seeing members of their family go to work. Also, because half of all children on welfare were born out of wedlock, compared with just 10% for American children generally, critics accuse the system of creating financial incentives for single motherhood. Add to those sentiments an enduring voter discontent over taxes and pressure on the President to keep up his image as "new Democrat." All have combined to make welfare reform a White House...