Word: fractions
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...likes of New York Magazine and USA Today—“It has a European air and a Latin flair,” one article exclaimed, along with “Girls in bikinis!”) is available in Buenos Aires for a mere pittance, a fraction of what it costs just to scrape by in the Big Apple. $1000 per month, more or less, for rent, fine dining, entertainment, shopping, the works. Buenos Aires, true enough, offers up all the comforts of home and more: wide Parisian boulevards, the world’s best beef, trendy...
...billion on nuclear weapons. Having the equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs at the ready does nothing to protect us from terrorists planning to sneak in a bomb through a cargo container. If we reduced the amount we spend on maintaining our nuclear weapons by a small fraction, we could reallocate those funds to improve kids' health care and schooling...
...thrilling as high-speed networks are, they do have a downside: they drain batteries big time, especially those of slimmer phones. Like the RAZR that features Verizon?s high-speed V-Cast service, the CU500 can only deliver a fraction of its maximum talk time when in the HSDPA network - even if all you're doing is making simple voice calls...
Designer Marco Mavilla has tapped into '80s style with a timely idea: an acrylic and stainless chronograph that's half the weight of the real thing--and a fraction of the price. ToyWatch's Chronograph Sport ($225), left, comes in several colors and is one of four styles, all of which run with Citizen movement. Madonna has already clocked this trend...
...terror. In this respect the initial Indian response has been extremely commendable—the government has refused to blame a specific group or promise its people counterattacks. India needs to maintain this stance: While the death of 200 civilians is a terrible, terrible tragedy, it represents a fraction of the lives lost to earthquakes, tsunamis, rains, floods, typhoons, and even daily accidents while using public transport. How does Bombay, and indeed the rest of India, constantly cope with its many natural and man-made disasters? By maintaining a sense of historical proportion, and not overreacting to the situation...