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...more of the past six months than any other Republican hopeful besides Dole. While his other rivals have stalled or stumbled, Buchanan has become the favorite of many conservative activists, and is running statistically even with, or ahead of the much better-financed Gramm in several early states-at one-fourth Gramm's cost. There may not be enough of them to win, but Buchanan's supporters, a Dole operative acknowledges, are the "most intense" of any current candidate's following. Explains Buchanan: "We're emerging as the authentic conservative in the race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUCHANAN'S CHARGE | 7/3/1995 | See Source »

...believe this kind of a 'set-aside' policy works only moderately well," Born said. She said a similar program in Brookline had only one-fourth of qualified owners participating...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: City Council Approves Rent Control Petition | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...ruble lost one-fourth of its value against the greenback Tuesday in the worst one-day nosedive since 1992. It closed at 3,926 to the dollar, or 1/40th of a cent, at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, a drop of 845 points. Russians went on a buying spree, picking up durables like refrigerators, stereo and televisions -- anything to rid themselves of their national currency. What caused the drop? Speculators dumping the currency in huge quantities, and an underlaying pessimism about the country's political stability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA'S BLACK TUESDAY | 10/11/1994 | See Source »

Figures show students of the Class of '96 have an average of 4.13 years of job experience, according to communications office spokesperson James E. Aisner '68. Twenty years ago, about one-fourth of the enrolled students were fresh graduates, Fadule said...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: No Direct Route to B-School | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

...One-fourth of U.S. babies live in families with annual incomes under the federal poverty level ($15,000 for a family of four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crucial Early Years | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

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