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How big an army? Some say that only about a third of the homeless are mentally ill. Studies done in Boston and Philadelphia, where psychiatrists interviewed the homeless in shelters, yield estimates as high as 85%. Yet only a small proportion, perhaps a quarter, of the homeless are former mental...
Similarly, the proportion of men who thought women were "temperamentally unfit for management" declined, from 51% in 1965 to 18% this year. Said one male corporate vice president interviewed for the survey: "Women run the gamut from poor to excellent, just as men do." Perhaps more significant, 47% of the...
HMC’s new chief could also select the opposite route, driving up the proportion of funds managed in-house.
HMC’s new chief could also select the opposite route, driving up the proportion of funds managed in-house.
Shared Confucian values are most obvious in the many paintings of the "four noble plants": plum blossoms, which flower before the snows melt, symbolize the hope of spring; chrysanthemums, the hardiness to survive in autumn; orchids, refinement and modesty; and bamboo, loyalty, because it bends but never breaks. This steadfastness...