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...progressions and something you could plausibly call a melody. But music theorists have long known that there's something else that ties these disparate musical forms together. The composers of these and virtually every other style of Western music over the past millennium tend to draw from a tiny fraction of the set of all possible chords. And their chord progressions tend to be efficient, changing as few notes, by as little as possible, from one chord to the next...
...While Radcliffe is just a fraction of Harvard’s size, colleagues dismiss the notion that Faust’s candidacy is hurt by her lack of experience in leading a large institution...
...small team of artisan workers in Vaulx-en-Velin near Lyons, they scissor out the best graphics to produce one-of-a-kind carry-alls. But more than just an original fashion accessory, Imberton sees them as a "modest" initiative to develop an environmentally responsible solution. Only a tiny fraction of billboards in France are recycled. Removed from their supports, some end up on farms, tossed over woodpiles or machinery. Others are burned, which, if not done properly, releases dioxins into...
...years and all €1.5 million of the family's money to perfect the recipe. Leipold found a way to ferment a nonalcoholic drink by converting the sugar that normally becomes alcohol into nonalcoholic gluconic acid. And because the acid strengthened the taste of sugar, Leipold only needed a fraction of the sugar found in a normal soft drink. Then came the flavors - elderberry, lychee, orange-ginger and herb - plus a spritz of carbonation...
...more money they would be making if they hadn't selflessly decided to run for office. In recent years, as commercial airline travel has become an ordeal, nothing has been more precious to them than the ability to catch a corporate jet when they wanted to, paying only a fraction of the real cost, out of either government funds or their campaign accounts. And of course, the companies were happy to oblige-almost always sending along a few of their lobbyists to keep the Congressman company and make sure his drink was fresh...