Word: fractions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...English and History Departments are case studies in the failure of the tenure system. Despite their claim that their high standards prevent them from tenuring more than an infinitesimal fraction of their own junior faculty, these departments are rapidly losing stature nationwide...
...Obviously there's something operating to cause somehow a larger fraction of women than men to find a level and stay there, lower down the ladder...We're all tearing out our hair to figure out what...
...opposition. Soft-drink manufacturers coveted his endorsement and no right-minded sports fan would dare forecast an end to his reign. But after 10 rounds of padded combat, the Popeye of pop culture had fallen. The thud was heard round the world, or at least in that not-insignificant fraction which has heard of Mike Tyson...
...said. "I'm seeing ) now the possibility that we can bring all of this to a close. If we can get 35 nations to sign on the dotted line on something that is irreversible and verifiable, and bring down the levels of armaments to a mere fraction of what they are today, then we really have achieved something that's worth all the sacrifices...
...develop. His team finished construction around Christmas but did not get the machine to work until last month. The device is far cruder than even the most basic computers: it has no permanent memory, and the only function it can perform is counting simple numbers. Just a small fraction of the thousands of switches are connected. Nonetheless, Huang insists, the machine proves that his principle works. He thinks computer makers will soon replace wiring inside their machines with optical circuits. By 1995, he contends, some 30% of supercomputers will use optical interconnections...