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...receives “just under 10,000” applications a year and takes roughly 1 out of 10 students, according to Dewey. While only 100-200 of those applications are submitted by students on the cusp of graduating from college, the one-tenth acceptance rate applies equally well to that group, Dewey adds...
...vote-getters achieve “quota”—one-tenth of the total votes cast—the rest of the votes in their piles are transferred to the next candidate on each ballot...
...first half of the 20th century, the term passing had an almost tragic poignancy. It meant not only secretly renouncing one's race but becoming a "real" American--enjoying the privileges of equality and anonymity, back when one-tenth of all citizens were denied true citizenship. If America was a club that admitted whites only, why shouldn't those who looked as if they belonged in the club try to join it? As America took small steps toward racial maturity, passing should have passed away. It did not; Roth's book was triggered by the news that the late...
...bulk of Grasso's payout--$91.6 million--comes from deferred retirement benefits and savings, and he enjoyed an 8% guaranteed return on one-tenth of his total compensation. "That's a little unusual," Jensen says, because most executive retirement plans peg their returns to vary with interest rates. Fink says the board will be reviewing all aspects of senior executive benefits in October...
...quota—or number of votes necessary to win—is equivalent to one-tenth of the total number of number one votes...