"Martha was so enthusiastic about my work, so forceful in lauding it, that I sensed it would be a disservice if I didn't do it," said Mr. Dello Joio, explaining why he accepted the commission, at a fraction of his usual fee.
Judge Paul G. Gardephe of Federal District Court in Manhattan awarded $750,000 to the commission, a tiny fraction of the more than $130 million it had sought, saying the agency had not demonstrated that Bruce Bent II, a manager of the Reserve Primary Fund, and two Reserve entities should have to pay more penalties or disgorge profits.
Schwab also said it would cut its commissions for a fraction -- fewer than 65,000 -- of its customers.
The few thousand dollars choreographers get for commissions is a fraction of what it costs to create dances when expenses like performers' pay and rehearsal space are factored in.
The $525 million the company is seeking from the commission represents "only a fraction of the damages" Chiquita has suffered because of the trade restrictions, said Robert W. Olson, a senior vice president and general counsel.
The ideal amount of beef or lamb would be about a half an ounce per day, per person, the commission found — a small fraction of U.S. consumption.
The European commission has said only a fraction of the €20m (£15m) dual-use technologies that the EU exports to Russia would fall foul of the ban on military exports.
Mr. Kathrens, whose book includes photographs and floor plans of only the architect's most important residential works, a small fraction of his 1,100 commissions, said: "I'm trying to resurrect Trumbauer's reputation.
Entrepreneurs have begun downloading digital photos of the same idols painted on buses, making sticker versions for the buses that sell for a fraction of what a commissioned painting costs.
Election commission chief Attahiru Jega said only a fraction of the 150,000 card readers being used nationwide had failed.
That penalty would be the fifth largest ever paid by a Wall Street firm, but it would amount to a fraction of the fees and commissions the firm reaped from underwriting technology stocks in the last few years.
