Word: fractioned
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...prunes a good food?" was asked. And he had to determine, within a fraction of a second, whether it was because prunes grow in California, are wholesome and economical, are served is boarding houses, or because they make an attractive dish...
...numbers in the Medical School are strictly limited, and only a fraction of all the applicants are accepted...
...call the attention of the Department to the matter before resorting to a petition. As in all such instances, the Faculty has a case which, not apparent at first, is of considerable import. The Department of English states that the purely military side of the work is only a fraction of the total requirement for the three and a half weeks period under discussion, and that it will not retard the primary study of the principles of English composition. We would suggest a conference between the distressed members of the class and the Department, in order that each may understand...
...spite of the fact that but six weeks remain before the close of the college year, but a small fraction of the men not taking military training courses this summer have yet applied for summer war work through the Student Employment Office. We may assume that those students not engaged in direct preparation for combatant service will devote their summer vacation to those activities indirectly connected with the prosecution of the war. Some few have opportunities for useful service secured to them through their personal connections. The remainder should lose no time in communicating their wants and capabilities...
...nation. Fortunate are the people who pay as they go. To keep as near that ideal as possible should be the desideratum of all statesmanship. Our enemies, who commonly belittle our activities, should at least know that, stupendous as has been our war preparation, we are paying an unprecedented fraction of it out of current taxation. Boston Herald