Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been training by running six miles a day up and down the ocean sands; by flailing and stabbing at two sparring partners whose weights aggregated 430 pounds; by keeping quiet, eating much, saying little. In Wall Street, Manhattan, moneyed men laid their wagers upon Firpo or Wills in the ratio...
...resolution. His information corroborated and elaborated upon the letter to the House Naval Affairs Committee given out by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt two weeks earlier (TIME, May 19). He agreed that the U. S. held second place in naval strength-not considering naval bases or merchant marine as factors. The ratio of strength is 5-4-3 (Great Britain, U. S., Japan). He listed the chief U. S. deficiencies: 1) Cruisers, of which the U. S. needs 22 (eight of which have been asked) to bring it up to 5-5-3 ratio. 2) Modernization of older battleships (which has been...
...Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy, took an opportunity to give an answer to Chairman Butler of the House Naval Affairs Committee. Mr. Butler had made inquiries, especially in regard to the statement of a former U. S. naval expert, W. D. Shearer, that the ratio of naval strength was no longer 5-5-3, but 5-3--with Great Britain five, Japan three...
...regard to general naval strength he declared: "It is impossible to make a mathematical ratio of naval strength that will cover all factors. About the best we can truly say is that if 5 and 3 represent the present fighting strengths of Great Britain and Japan, respectively, then the United States would appear to be approximately 4." He amplified this statement by a list of particular ratios...
...number of light cruisers that would have to be built to produce a 5-5-3 ratio would be: Number of Ships Tonnage U. S 21 1 210,000‡ Great Britain none none Japan none none...