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...were granted formal autonomy by the Turks. After the Ottoman empire was finally dissolved in 1920 and Lebanon came under French mandate, the Maronites continued to rule themselves. When Lebanon became independent in 1943, political power was divided among the various religious groups according to a 6-to-5 ratio of Christians to Muslims in the population. Under the National Covenant, an unwritten agreement reached at the time, the country's President is always a Maronite, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, and the Speaker of Parliament a Shi'ite Muslim. But the Maronites overwhelmingly dominated the setup...
...intelligence network around the globe has picked up fragments of Soviet anguish about how come the Israelis, flying American F-15s and 16s over Lebanon, shot down Syrians flying MiG-23s at a ratio of 83 to zip. And how come those SAM-6s and 8s in the Bekaa Valley, the same kind of missile that devastated the Israelis in the 1973 war, could hit only one enemy plane this time...
Bendix had already quietly bought about 4.5% of Martin Marietta stock over the past 3½ months. Last week it offered $43 a share in cash for 45% of the company's 35.6 million shares. The remainder would be acquired by a swap of Bendix stock at a ratio of .82 for each share of Martin Marietta, or the equivalent of about $43 a share. Martin Marietta described the bid as "unsolicited" and said that it would announce a decision early this week. Though a serious takeover fight is possible, Martin Marietta is more likely at first to turn...
...foreign tissue (like organ transplants) and the growth of cancer cells. There are several types, including helper T cells, which promote the production of antibodies against foreign invaders, and suppressor T cells, which reduce antibody output. Healthy individuals have twice as many helpers as suppressors. In AIDS victims, the ratio is reversed; helper cells are depleted. No one knows what happens to these cells, but New York Immunologist Roger Enlow has a theory: "Just as hepatitis B virus preferentially attacks liver cells, it is probable and even likely to have a virus that at tacks helper T cells...
...Wall Street, investor jitters have sent the industry into a slide, dropping share prices of a number of big money-center banks, including Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank, to an average of only four times earnings. That is roughly the price-earnings ratio of the severely depressed oil drilling industry...