Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leland's original idea, developed in the mid-1970s with the help of another Berkeley professor, Mark Rubinstein, involved a complex formula by which money managers would make swift, sharp changes in the ratio of cash to stocks in their portfolios as share prices rose or fell. The plan was workable, but because it involved buying and selling large quantities of stocks, it was also relatively cumbersome and expensive...
...spending, and only 15% prefer an increase. Asked if they favor or oppose U.S. aid to the contras in Nicaragua, Republicans nationally support the program, 54% to 32%; Iowa Republicans divide narrowly against it, 42% to 40%. While Democrats in general oppose contra assistance by 2 to 1, the ratio in Iowa...
...elusive common bond. Peter H. Gray '91 also says that his roommates had trouble finding features that they shared. "At first we couldn't find the common bond. Then we realized what it must be. We're all very skinny. We must have the lowest body-fat ratio in the entire building," he says...
...easy," says an unnamed 411 supervisor. "People expect us to know what they want just by saying a few words. And the ratio of `polite callers' to...um...`others' is just about half and half." It's a crap shoot, and the only surprises are unpleasant ones...
...though debt is a new growth industry in Japan, the average family's ratio of obligations to savings declined last year. Reason: the Japanese are putting more money into Tokyo's surging stock market, which, despite recent setbacks, has raised Japan's mountain of savings to new heights...