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  • n  a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

  • Of those in the GLSEN report who had been harassed or assaulted, more than one-tenth 13% said the incident wasn't serious enough to report.
  • According to a back-of-the-envelope rule the Apollo astronauts used, given the speeds involved in traveling in low-Earth orbit, a one-tenth-in.
  • The disease is transmitted by the bite of a sand fly that is about one-tenth of an inch long and is ubiquitous in certain woodlands.
News & Articles

  • Gas prices continue to fall
    The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped one-tenth of a cent today to $3.956, one day after a 17-day streak of decreases ended with a half-cent increase.  The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 2 cents less than one week ago, 5 cents lower than a month ago and 13.5 cents below what it was one year ago, according to figures ...
    June 12, 2013 - KESQ Palm Springs
  • Report: Obama's pre-K plan could bring Texas $308 million
    Texas could get an estimated $308 million in grants to fund one year of early childhood education if the state participates in President Barack Obama's proposal to expand access to high-quality pre-kindergarten, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education. The Preschool for All plan would require a one-tenth match by state pre-K funding to teach Texas' neediest 4 ...
    June 12, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News
  • Carey Watermark Pays $113M for Chelsea Hotel
    Carey Watermark Investors, Inc. (CWI) has acquired the 226-room Holiday Inn Manhattan 6th Avenue located at 125 W. 26th St. in New York City from Magna Hospitality Group and Greenfield Partners LLC for $113 million, or $500,000 per key. The 24-story, 64,764-square-foot hotel was built in 2008 on more than one-tenth of an acre in Manhattan's Chelsea submarket, between 6th and 7th Avenues, in ...
    June 11, 2013 - CoStar Group
Quotes

  • President Bush in The Hill
    Prices would not dip because of a measure affecting "one-tenth of 1 percent," Bush said, adding, "I do believe it is in our national interests to get the SPR filled in case there'sa major disruption of crude oil around the world."
  • Nastia Liukin in San Diego Union Tribune
    Shawn was like, 'Only one-tenth guys,'Liukin said. "We were all really worked up. After she said that we said, 'OK, it's still possible. Don't give up, keep fighting, you're right there.'"
  • Lewis Hamilton in SkySports
    It was an experience and a half,Hamilton said. "I could see Kimi ahead and after the second stop he was so far ahead, I didn't know he had made a gap. I was pushing, pushing, pushing, I was catching him one-tenth a lap. I was praying for...

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