Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...price tag of more than $100, are winning over many a computer user. Most of these modems are actually able to work faster than the rated spped of 9600 baud; equipped with the so- called V.42bis data- compression standard, they can compress and decompress data at a ratio of 4:1, which means up to 38,400 bits of data, or orughly three double- spaced pages of text, can be sent or received per second...
After approving a hike in local property tax rates in 1989, Kalkaska voters, about a fourth of them retirees living on fixed incomes, have three times in the past year turned down requests for additional increases -- most recently by a 2-to-1 ratio. Some of them want officials of their rural district to follow the example of other cash-strapped schools and pare programs. "No way" is the reply from district leaders, who four years ago temporarily cut art, music, field trips and some athletic programs, then shortened the school day by an hour. "It was devastating," says Kalkaska...
Perhaps the greatest--and most undeniable--categorization of Mather concerns is its male-to-female ratio of over...
Naddaff also attributes the gender ratio to unpredictable circumstances. "As with in any house, these reputations develop on their own, almost accidentally. The house acquires a reputation for gender imbalance and as a place where women aren't at ease, and that becomes reality...
...house as a whole there is a ratio of about 55 percent men to 45 percent women, but in the sophomore class there is a ratio of 80 men to 40 women, Pepper says...