Word: proportionate
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Turner started his call to checkbooks in August 1996, when, incensed by a New York Times report that the very wealthy give away a smaller proportion of their wealth than other economic groups, he told Times columnist Maureen Dowd that the Forbes 400 list of millionaires "is destroying our country...
But in many departments, such as physics and chemistry, a large proportion of students are doing lab work without the intention of writing a thesis.
The proportion of African-Americans on the council has remained strong, although the body still has few Hispanics, members said.
This gift of longer life means more time to travel, learn, try out new careers and give something back to the community. And while it also challenges individuals to prepare themselves physically, emotionally and financially for an extended span of years, some recent trends have been encouraging. The proportion of...
A sense of proportion would soon return. Or at least it would in my house. The true comparison, of course, is not with Kennedy but with Kennedy's wife. (And consider the passive figure of Mr. Zapruder, his shutter innocently open on the grassy knoll, as opposed to the figure...