Word: one-third
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...minutes into this ruin-strewn countryside. Today, of course, things are different. In the past century, New Delhi's population has grown from some 200,000 to over 15 million, and the fate of those ruins is most uncertain in a city where one-quarter of the populace live in slums and one-third have no sanitation; city officials, understandably, have other priorities. Already, most of the ruins seen by Franklin have disappeared. Those that remain stand not in open countryside, but atop roundabouts or tucked in beside the high-rises and flyovers of South Delhi. They obscure the fairways...
...clear about this: no one is giving away choice property. The typical tract runs one-third of an acre in a new subdivision in which streets and utility lines have been laid. The parcels range in value from $2,000 to $20,000, depending on the town. But it will still cost $80,000 to $130,000 to build. Some folks come for the free land but see those numbers and decide instead to buy an existing home, which typically goes for considerably less. Towns aren't cutting any sweetheart deals for doctors or lawyers or other professionals needed...
...opinion survey conducted for TIME by the research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., from Sept. 15 through 17.* The survey also showed that the President is making progress in one of his avowed aims: to make Americans feel better about themselves and their country. There has been modest but steady improvement in the national mood during Reagan's tune in office. Slightly more than one-third of the people (36%) agree that the state of the nation is good; only 18% held that view in January. At the same time, the number of people describing the state...
...claim personal injury (a tort in legal parlance). Avaricious lawyers, they argue, seek outrageously high damages for clients who have flimsy cases, so that the lawyers can reap huge contingency fees (if the case fails the plaintiff's attorney earns nothing, but if it succeeds he commonly takes one-third and, on occasion, as much as 50% of the award). Says Edward Levy, general manager of the Association of California Insurance Companies: "Lawyers are out to make a buck, and they seem to have little concern for the overall societal effects of what they are doing...
...make matters worse, for the past seven years Mozambique (pop. 14 million) has been beset by drought and widespread starvation. In 1983, an estimated one-third of Mozambique's population did not have enough to eat. As many as 100,000 died. The situation has stabilized, but Mozambique remains one of the largest food-aid recipients in Africa. "People are not dying so much anymore," says a CARE worker in Maputo. "But they are fleeing. They are barefoot and wandering...