Word: comparison
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...historical comparison, the expected rise in the number of impoverished in this recession is relatively normal. During the recession years of the 1980s, the number of people in poverty rose by 9.2 million, an increase of more than a third. The recession of the 1990s was not quite as deep but still increased the number of people in poverty by 6.5 million. But those falling into poverty now face harder prospects and need more government help, Greenstein says, because many social safety nets have been cut away since past economic downturns. (See pictures of the recession...
...trading at an average price-to-forward-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.4. That means investors are willing to pay $8.40 for every dollar that analysts expect companies to earn in 2009. Because that ratio historically falls in the mid- to high teens, the current market seems cheap by comparison, meaning stocks could be poised to rise...
...counting and numbers, creation myths, an kinesthetically-oriented sense of direction, and even some linguistic attributes that were commonly held to be universal. These include quantifiers (e.g. all, every) and recursion (the placement of one phrase or sentence within another).Everett harps on what the Pirahã lack in comparison to Western culture. This labor, however, pays off in that it allows the casual reader to gain a basic understanding of the gravity of his assertions and of some fairly complex linguistic concepts to boot. Everett provides basic explanations of theories in the field such as the theory of universal...
Harvard-affiliated Mass. General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital receive above average insurance payments in comparison to other area hospitals—without showing better outcomes for patients, according to a Boston Globe report earlier this week...
...seen in my 15 years in the league,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy says.On the other side of the ball, sophomore quarterback Brook Hart took over the starting job four games ago and has been fairly consistent, but the effectiveness of the passing attack pales in comparison to the run game.Although senior running back Mike McLeod’s play took a turn for the worse to start the fall, Yale has continued to give him the ball, and his play has steadily improved. The senior ran for a season-high 138 yards last week, and so clamping...