Word: disproportionateness
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The percentages of membership in the various denominations diverged in only a few cases: The Radcliffe polls included a smaller percentage of Roman Catholics than Harvard. Although there was a comparable number of Jews, there were far fewer Orthodox and Conservative, the majority being Reform. Radcliffe showed a somewhat higher...
There are more single men than single women in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported last week, but in the long run the women win out because they live longer. The bureau's statisticians explained that there are 14.3 single men (over 14 years old) for every 11.8 women...
One difficulty is financial. Institute Director Robert H. Felix gets only $16,500 a year; his clinical director, Dr. Robert A. Cohen, gets $19,000. (Top scientists may get more than their boss.) Either could make two or three times as much in private practice. In junior posts the disproportion...
By combining the two elections the disproportion could be avoided in the future. In the combined system the twelve candidates polling the most votes would be sliced off to form the Permanent Committee--with the Class Marshals chosen as they are new. The next ten candidates would receive positions on...
You say that the 20 papers required of the Freshmen represent "four times the usual upper class load." Since the middle-group courses vary widely in their requirements it is hard to see how the "usual upper class load" can be determined. A single term paper in a middle-group...