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Word: ratio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson Olympians netted 13 out of 28 goals in Group A games, representing almost half the total offensive output of Team USA. This ratio went down significantly as the units without Harvard players woke up--just in time for the seventh-place game with Switzerland...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Just How Cornell Fans Are So Wild and Crazy | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

Harvard students did not distinguish themselves from other Cambridge residents. According to Thomas M. Smith, warden at Larsen Hall, the breakdown between Democratic and Republican voters among Harvard students was similar to the ratio of other Cambridge residents--overwhelmingly Democratic. "The whole metropolitan Boston area is very liberal. Students just follow trends," he said...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Quincy House Serves as Poll | 3/9/1988 | See Source »

Pilbeam says the problem of advising is linked to the student-faculty ratio and Harvard's need for a larger teaching faculty. Advising is "an area of legitimate concern," Pilbeam says, but one that can be solved by hiring more faculty and giving incentives to teach for existing faculty members...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: An Outside View of a Harvard Education | 2/27/1988 | See Source »

...menu lists seven different steak dishes, and near the bottom is a discreet announcement to gluttons pointing out that a 2-lb. sirloin can be custom ordered for king-size appetites. Seven-ounce fillets, however, outsell 20-oz. T-bones by a 10-to-1 ratio these days. "Even here, eating habits have changed," admits Assistant Headwaiter Beau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: Calgary Stirs Up A Warm Welcome | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...Horner to redefine the role of women at the new "Harvard-Radcliffe." She pushed for equalizing the ratio of men and women admittees; the percentage of women has risen from 20 percent of the student body to 40 percent today...

Author: By Matina S. Horner, | Title: Heading Off | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

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