Word: ratio
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...paltry 21 percent shooting ratio in the second half--compared with 41 percent in the first--contributed to the cagers' downfall. But a whopping total of 21 personal fouls cost them the victory, as the Hawks hit 10 straight free throws in the closing minutes to finally overtake the Crimson...
Aside from being outscored by 33 points, Harvard was also outclassed by Yale in all other statistical categories. The Bulldogs shot a laudable 54 per cent from the floor while Harvard could only muster a 28-per-cent ratio. The Crimson also dished out a mere four assists, while Yale managed to accumulate 16. And the Elis pulled off three more steals than did the frustrated Crimson defense. Most importantly, Harvard seemed unable to box out and compete under the boards, as Yale grabbed 46 rebounds to the Crimson...
Another figure which proved disastrous to the cagers--other than Koziar's height--was the team's anemic 27 percent field-goal ratio...
Columbia's drawing power, by contrast, has declined in recent years, partly because of its city location. Also it has a faculty heavily oriented toward graduate study and research. The number of Columbia's applicants is well below the competition's. More important, its yield ratio (those who actually attend after being admitted) is near the bottom of the Ivy League. By admitting women, Sovern estimates, Columbia will double the applicant pool from...
...largest, Hubble discovered that everywhere he looked in the heavens, the galaxies seemed to be moving away from each other, like flecks on the surface of an expanding balloon, their speed increasing in direct proportion to their distance. By assuming the universe was expanding, astronomers used that ratio to reckon the universe's age and size. Trouble was that the Hubble constant proved notably fickle, as succeeding generations kept measuring the distance of different celestial bodies and getting different results. Admits Allan Sandage, who is using the new 100-in. Du Pont telescope at Las Campanas, Chile, to make...