Word: one-fourth
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...only will all reading rooms stay open, Adams announced, but one-fourth of the School's 180 courses will be taught in the new library thanks to an intensive scheduling of classes in the air-conditioned building...
Although two-thirds of the teachers belonged to at least one teachers' association, less than 13 percent held membership in any science organization for teachers. One-fourth of them hadn't read some of the most important publications in the field, while only one-sixth regularly read the most popular scientific journals...
...Only one-fourth of the students applying for admission to Harvard graduate schools will be accepted for study next year, according to figures received yesterday from the admissions offices of the ten schools...
...rule was passed because students can now graduate after spending one-fourth of their time in military and naval classes. The faculty did not feel this was desirable...
Though plagued by shortages of generators, private utilities hoped to build up their capacity to a safe reserve of 15% by 1950. And the federal government, currently spending $250 million in generating expansion (it now has about one-fourth of the U.S. total capacity), hoped to bring electrification to areas where private capital has not yet wanted to venture...