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...rate of 5.6 homicides per 100,000, the U.S. has the dubious distinction of outpacing, by far, all other industrialized nations which have stringent gun laws. This is true especially in gun deaths. In 1962, there were 29 murders by gunfire in all of England and Wales (with one-fourth the U.S. population), 37 in Japan (with one-half the population) and 4,954 in the U.S. Out of 400,000 criminals arrested in England and Wales over a recent three-year period, only 159 were carrying guns...
Nearly half of Mauritius' voters op posed independence (TIME, Aug. 18), feeling that the island has no future without British aid. When the Union Jack finally came down last week in the capital of Port Louis, feelings were still running high. The Creoles, who make up one-fourth of the island's 770,000 people and are against independence, boycotted the ceremony. The capital was still shrouded in mourning for 24 persons killed in January riots between pro-independence and anti-independence forces. Continuing unrest led Princess Alexandra, who had planned to represent Queen Elizabeth at independence ceremonies...
...Protestant majority consists of several large Lutheran denominations (about one-fourth of the state), as to be expected of a heavily German and Scandinavian ethnic population. The Jewish population is about two per cent and concentrated largely in Milwaukee County...
Although educators may regret it, Pifer concluded, the trend toward federal funding is irreversible. The Government supplied nearly one-fourth of the $16.8 billion that all colleges spent last year; by 1975, he predicted, this may climb to 50%. Eventually, he suggested, private donors will give up, or support only highly specialized projects, while federal taxes pick up the main burden and local and state revenues meet the expanding needs of the lower levels of education...
...priest should be of good character and legitimate birth, at least 30 years of age, and possess some learning in theology and church law. In practice, however, several other factors come into play. In the U.S., for example, it helps to have studied at the North American College; about one-fourth of the American hierarchy graduated from the Roman seminary. The path to promotion is also smoother for priests with a talent for chancery administration and charity work than for theologians or parish pastors. Serving an archbishop with considerable influence in Rome helps; at least 25 of Spellman...