Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Theodore V. Houser, who should know what he is talking about because two-fifths of Sears's immense sales are "on time," saw no cause for alarm. Opposing any direct federal controls, at present, Houser said: "The vast majority of people conduct their affairs with prudence. When the ratio of credit extended exceeds the rate of repayment by from 2% to 2.5% of disposable income, a correction occurs on the part of the consumer. Indications are good that a turn downward in the growth of consumer debt is under way right...
...300B, a new version of last year's 300, which won the 1955 national stock-car association championship averaging 127 m.p.h. With two four-barrel carburetors and a 9:1 compression ratio, the 300B engine is rated at 340 h.p., 40 h.p. more than last year, making it the highest-powered production-line model in the industry. Price: $3,997. The Fury, which uses basically the same shell as the two-door Plymouth hardtop, but is an inch lower and has a 240 h.p. V-8 engine, instead of the regular 200 h.p. engine...
...Harvard-Radcliffe ratio in the Harvard Club of Boston was reduced from infinity to one to 74 to one, when the Club voted to grant 50 members of the Radcliffe Club of Boston attendance at all club functions to which women are normally invited. This has long been the case in Harvard Clubs in most cities...
...Falling farm income . . . Since the G.O.P. took office, farm income is down 17%, farm prices are down 18%, the parity ratio is down 18%. In the face of these hard facts, the G.O.P. 'farm program' consists of lower price supports, less farm credit, less funds...
...contract provided that Ecopetrol will contribute a fourth of the capital investment and Colombia Cities Service Petroleum Corp. (a local subsidiary) the rest. The profits will be split in the same ratio. As is customary, the joint enterprise will pay a royalty to the government, as the owner of the underground...