Word: ratio
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...past four years the smoking population has declined from 47% to 42% of those over 21. One reason is that, in the same period, the number of Americans who believe smoking is a "major cause" of lung cancer has risen from 40% to 49%. Harris found that, by a ratio of 5 to 4, Americans favor restrictions on TV and radio ads for cigarettes. Significantly, those who are "most convinced" that cigarettes are dangerous tend to be people under 30. The polls confirm suspicions that smoking is encountering a psychological reversal among the young. Although cigarettes are still a staple...
Klein questioned whether Peabody is run efficiently, and whether Harvard has sufficient control over Hunneman. He pointed out that one-third of Peabody's rent income pays for basic expenses only, a ratio appropriate for a luxury apartment according to one consultant...
...agree on its nominees. Departments with 40 or more Faculty members shall be entitled to make three nominations, those with 23 to 39 members two nominations, and those with less than 23 members one nomination. In making their nominations, departments are urged to give due weight to the ratio of tenure and non-tenure members in the department and to receive assurances of willingness to serve from all nominees. All nominations from departments must be certified by the Department Chairman and delivered to a representative of the Committee on Organization at the Faculty Club between...
Loosening Old Ties. Industrial corporations have increasingly been drawn into building and development deals by the opportunities to use borrowed money and tax advantages for an exceptionally high return on their own investment. Developers commonly borrow 90% of the funds they need to operate-a ratio that would worry executives involved only in manufacturing...
...take a long time to get a scene right. The week before one speech had been done 21 times before a take worked. (Hunter shoots on a professional ratio; from about 30,000 feet of film shot, the picture will be edited to 3000 feet...