Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...actual combat, when outside factors were considered which did not have to do immediately with actual naval strength, it is hardly likely that the United States would compare with Japan on the water in a ratio of one to three, but there is not the slightest doubt that much of the good resulting from the Washington Conference, both to America from the letter, and to the other signatory powers from the spirit of the agreement, has been practically nullified...
...inequity of this situation was pointed out last week by a large committee of Protestant divines. The committee further pointed out that the present law provides only one chaplain for every 1,200 soldiers (125 in all), and that while this ratio might be adequate for a mobilized army, it is inadequate for a force so widely scattered as the army of the U. S. The committee pleads for one chaplain for every 800 soldiers, and for greater advancement in rank...
...press, which must to some extent be a reflection of public intelligence, varies in ratio to the mentality of the public which each newspaper serves. Thus, some 18 years ago, while some of the press gave restrained and sober accounts of the Thaw case, the gum-chewers' sheets ranted ad nauseum about the pitfalls on the Great White Way; the "wages of sin"; the wily, wicked life of White; the uselessness of Thaw; the warning to young girls; the eternal law of Justice which prompted Thaw to avenge his wife's honor; the pathetic face of Mrs. Evelyn...
...easy now, although this is largely a seasonal condition, and signs of an increasing demand have, to some extent, been already evidenced. The critical situation in the Northwest may, however, produce political pressure on the Reserve to lower its rate. Even the Minneapolis Reserve Bank has a reserve ratio of almost 80%?a very high figure. But the Reserve officials evidently intend to feel their way cautiously, to adopt in part a policy of "watchful waiting." Their greatest fear is inflation; and with our huge unused gold reserves, it is something to be watched...
Whatever the final vote may be--and probably the ratio of ayes to nays will not change much in the last three days--this critical commenting and fault-finding will be the best result of the referendum. It is necessary to have at least glanced over the Plan in order to comment upon it; and this requires more than ordinary exertion. And no one is more essential to this American democracy than the critical level-headed skeptic...