Word: fractionation
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Blast shelters can be built for only a fraction of what it would cost to put a man on the moon, and I for one would certainly rather have my money go toward the preservation of this planet before exploration of another...
...fated tractor negotiations were at least a reminder of the 1,200 men captured in the disastrous Bay of Pigs landing, but the men are only a tiny fraction of those jammed into jails from one end of Castro's island to the other. After the April attack, some 250,000 political prisoners were herded into jails and makeshift concentration camps. More than 40,000 are still there, waiting and withering in deplorable conditions...
...printing of a letter. On existing machines, the typist often types such familiar letter combinations as t-h-e faster than the machine can record them, thus causing skipped letters. To prevent this, the Selectric has a "storage" system that holds the second letter in common combinations for a fraction of a second until it can be printed...
...young VerMeulen who mechanized the AmSeCo foundry back in 1930. Automation is now so prevalent that plant ceilings are a tangle of intricate conveyors that look like a routing man's nightmare. The company employs 500 fewer workers than it did in 1926 when it was a fraction of today's size, and its standard chair-desk sells for just over $12 v. more than $13 ten years...
...walks of life," concluded the Michigan survey, "realize that business trends have turned up and anticipate further improvement." About the only restraint to optimism is profound public worry over high (6.8%) unemployment. But even that persistent problem may be abating. As industrial production in June climbed to within a fraction of its prerecession peak, the average factory work week jumped to 40.1 hours, its prerecession level. To judge by past recessions, employers put their workers on longer weeks just before they hire new hands, and a marked rise in hours worked is followed by a spurt in employment an average...