Word: ratio
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...subsidize child care in such a way as to increase the likelihood of good outcomes for children. This is true regardless of welfare reform, of course. Bad day-care can harm the development of any child. Research has shown that children benefit when caregivers are trained and the ratio of staff to children is high. Several states license centers accordingly, requiring a minimum amount of training and setting ratios for different age groups. Welfare mothers themselves are not necessarily the best caregivers, and it is possible that in some instances welfare reform will actually improve the care of children...
...getting President Suharto of Indonesia invited to the G-7 summit (which Clinton didn't do). In fact, what was news was that all Riady got in reply to his missive--and a huge contribution to the Democrats--was a half-page kiss-off. That's a very bad ratio of quid to quo. If Bob Dole had been so cavalier about Dwayne Andreas' interest in ethanol subsidies, Andreas might have charged Dole full market price for that Bal Harbour condo...
...they aren't calling because they miss you. They merely miss the function that you perform. Had you dropped out of the play, quit the paper or lost all interest in ulcers the previous week, you would probably never hear from them again. If you were to determine the ratio of the number of phone and e-mail messages you received in one day from people calling to say hello against the number of messages from people who wanted you to do something for them or their organization, the ratio would probably be extremely small...
Alpha-Iota Chapter President James T. Engell '73, who is also professor of English and Comparative Literature, downplayed the importance of any gender gap at this stage of the elections, saying that the male-female ratio in June will approximate the ratio of the graduating class. He also said that the selection process is "gender blind...
...will conclude this essay of theories, ideas, and observations with a few facts. The registrar reports that 55 percent of Harvard undergraduates are male. The male-to-female ratio in the aggressive, hunter-filled government department is 61 percent to 39 percent, whereas the male-female ratio in the English Department is exactly the reverse--39 percent male, 61 percent female. I don't pretend to know what this means, if anything, about gender differences. I leave that to the psychology majors. Just a little food for thought...