Word: medians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...said that some smaller institutions had created what he called "sugar" professorships at salaries much higher than they usually paid. This would boost their average salaries without greatly affecting their median salaries. He also said that some institutions include in their reports to the AAUP higher summer compensation received by scientists and research fellows, partly through government aid. Including these factors would change Harvard's relative rating, without seriously affecting its actual competitive situation...
...nail polish (the median number of shades owned is 3.3); 87% of them use lipstick, and 59% of them use eye makeup...
...that they not only are more esthetic, but also tend to keep the driver interested and therefore alert. Surprisingly, in the average terrain, such highways are very little, if any, longer, and no more expensive to build than the standard design of straight stretches connected by short curves. Uniform median width should also be avoided; the median strip between the ribbons of roadway should be expanded and contracted to overcome the monotony of high-speed travel. "The designer of a divided freeway possesses, in the very interplay of the two undulating ribbons of pavement, a basic tool of spatial expression...
...where it could fill the freshman class entirely with students whose SAT scores were 700 or better, but it chooses deliberately not to do so. In fact, an examination of the test scores for the Class of '66 reveals little numerical difference between those admitted and those rejected. The median math and verbal scores for the applicant group as a whole were 657 and 641 respectively; for the admitted group the figures were...
...experienced men. the highest median wage was $7.547 in the legal and engineering and other professional services. Following closely were median earnings of $6,521 in petroleum and coal products, $6,373 in communications and $6,018 in aircraft and parts manufacturing. For women the highest median wage was in railroads and railway express with $4,435, while petroleum and coal products followed with $4,111 and the motor vehicle and equipment industry offered...