Word: fractions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meryl Streep, 41, dominates serious film roles as no actress has before. She gets about $4 million a picture, a fraction of the booty commanded by the dozen or so male stars with whom the world is on a first-name basis (Arnold, Sly, Bruce, Jack, Eddie, Tom . . .). And her sisters on the screen make far less in far fewer roles. "If the trend continues," Streep told a SAG women's conference last summer, "by the year 2000 women will represent 13% of all roles. And in 20 years we will have been eliminated from movies entirely. But that...
...begin with, the nuclear threat. And I'm not just talking about the missile gap. We could have maintained deterrence with a fraction of the number of warheads we built. The cost is tremendous -- not just of warheads. It's research, and it's building all the goddam bombers and missiles. Over the past 20 years the unnecessary costs are in the tens of billions. Insane. It was not necessary. And moreover, our actions stimulated the Russians ultimately...
Families like Maria Burkhardt's are rare, accounting for a tiny fraction of breast-cancer cases. But the malevolent genes they pass down through the generations are beginning to yield important clues to all breast malignancies. "Cancer," declares celebrated molecular biologist James D. Watson, "is a disease of the DNA," the master molecule that encodes the genetic blueprint for every living cell. Tumors develop as the result of rearrangements in DNA, specifically in the genes that govern cell growth...
...which are typically low-rent, warehouse-like places with cement floors. Aside from a single manager per store, all employees are part time; many are recruited from the ranks of loyal customers, tempted by the 20% employee discount. The company stocks its shelves with closeout lines acquired at a fraction of their original price. Typical offerings range from Waterford crystal frames ($24.99 ) to Fendi mufflers ($19.99) to Spode china...
...There is more anguish in the ranks of scientists than we've had in 20 years. In academic institutions, young people are apprehensive about throwing in their lot with the field. Established investigators have become demoralized as a smaller and smaller fraction of their grant requests are funded. Institutional leaders see decay in the research facilities in which this research is carried out. And the entire enterprise suffers from the absence of any long-term strategic planning...