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...what he thinks is the ore--very rough stuff. In my case, each interview, when transcribed, is 100 pages, let's say. Imagine 100 pages for each person: the book would be 50 million words, 50,000 pages. So suppose there are ten pages in it of 100, one-tenth, or eight pages, that is the gold. You've got to synthesize and cut. The gold prospector does what? He refines, doesn...
...sanctions against that country and its white supremacist government. Rhodesia's population is 96 per cent black, but whitesby law control 50 of the 66 seats in Parliament, and 8 of those intended for blacks are appointed by the white government. The average wage of a black Rhodesian is one-tenth that of the white; the black African population is restricted mostly to menial jobs. In the countryside they toil as virtual slaves for the white planters...
Hillgarth said that employees participating will have to make up the time they miss on the job, but will only be required to pay one-tenth of the normal $460 one course rate. The balance of the cost will be paid for by the Faculty...
...United States has 41 ballistic-missile carrying submarines with over 600 missiles, and a fleet of over 400 long-range bombers. In the missile force alone, the United States has over 8000 separately targetable nuclear warheads. Ten years ago we had only one-tenth that number...
...pushed up in recent years largely by a huge increase in the numbers of women, blacks and teenagers looking for work. Often poorly educated and unskilled, these would-be workers have trouble finding jobs even during a boom. Under present conditions, about 90,000 surplus job hunters produce a one-tenth point rise in the unemployment rate...