Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...panel, whose reminiscences were taped also talked about 1972, when the House became one of the first to go co-ed. Attracted by the 2-to-1 male to female ratio in a day when the River Houses had 6-to-1 ratios, more than 300 men signed up to move in, George Smith, a former senior tutor, said...
When Deng, in a 1978 interview, discussed Mao's inadequacies, he suggested that the old man had been 70% right and 30% wrong. Huang's assessment though lacking in specifics, follows that ratio, and Western diplomats in Peking last week interpreted the speech as a trial balloon. If those masses who visit the Tiananmen tomb do not accept the critique, the leadership will probably go a step further and reveal specific errors. If they do, the way should be clear for a sixth party plenum next summer at which Mao's place in history will be more...
...first poll of national sentiment since he disclosed his dramatic plan to slash federal spending and taxes. Actually, the Washington Post-ABC News poll found that the margin of public approval for his economic recovery program was by more than 3 to 1; 2 to 1 was the ratio by which Americans expect Reagan's shrinking of Government to bring inflation down quickly. That particular optimism is not shared even by some of Reagan's economists...
...Adams House has always been popular. With an excellent location and a good sex ratio, we're extremely representative of the diverse student body," Robert J. Kiely, master of Adams House, said yesterday...
...Namibia's 1 million inhabitants are clustered within 20 miles of the long Angolan border. Thus it is exceedingly difficult for South African troops to distinguish enemy guerrillas from the local populace. Yet on paper, the South Africans seem to have the war under control. Their claimed "kill ratio" over the past two years: a phenomenal 3,343 SWAPO dead compared with 72 South Africans. Such lopsided figures are vigorously disputed by SWAPO...