Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Schussler Fiorenza says of the number of women faculty compared to the rest of the divinity faculty, "That ratio's very much out of balance. Harvard in general doesn't have a name that is very hospitable to women--especially on a senior level...
...proposal currently before the council, sponsored by East Harvard Square resident Terry Crystal, would severely restrict development rights on land in the vicinity of the station, cutting the maximum allowable floor area ratio (FAR) from 3.0 to 1.75, and imposing a 45-foot height limit on buildings covered by the petition. FAR is the ratio of the total floor area of a building to the area of the property on which it sits...
...what are they doing here in Las Vegas if, as appears to be the case, they are also too conservative for the risk-to-reward ratio of the $25-a-pop blackjack table? They have come at the invitation of their favorite financial- newsletter editors, who are still trying to come back from the 1987 crash and have offered this investment seminar as a subscription-renewal bonus ("A $500 retail value! Act now! Air fare and hotel not included"). They are here because they are eager students of the market, even if temporarily absent from it, and they are determined...
...That ratio, known as FAR, is the proportion of a building's floor space to the size...
...specific case of the Fly Club property, we doubt that provisions to lower the allowable F.A.R. [floor-to-area ratio] to 0.75 from 1.75 encourage the preservation of a valued and (potentially historic building) that we can scarcely afford to maintain," states the letter, written by Fly Club Trustee Richard J. Lyman...