Word: ratio
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...election goes to the House, the Democrats would have a nominal advantage. Conventional wisdom suggests that partisanship would also steer each chamber of Congress. But that might not hold. In the present House, Democratic-controlled delegations outnumber Republican ones by a ratio...
Councillors proposed an ordinance which would require an employee ratio of 50 percent Cambridge resident, 25 percent minority and 10 percent women for all firms contracted by the city...
...among first-years choosing the EconomicsDepartment, the male-female ratio is even lower.Of the 127 who chose economics, 99 are male, whileonly 28 are female...
...will suffer at some time. The Justice Department says that 83% of all Americans will be victims of a violent crime at least once in their lives. Forty years ago, there were three cops for every violent felony. Today there are 3.3 violent felonies for each officer. Returning the ratio to its 1950s level should be a first priority, and a first step is to break out and pass two provisions of the crime bill currently stalled in Congress. One would provide about $1 billion in extra law-enforcement assistance to local areas. An environment of disorder -- broken windows, graffiti...
...University and Brown University, admissions officials said low application rates among women are Gender Breakdown class of 1996 Men Women Brown 48.2% 51.8% Yale 51.8% 48.2% Cornell 53.0% 47.0% Princeton 53.0% 47.0% Dartmouth 54.0% 46.0% Harvard 55.8% 44.2% U. Penn 56.0% 44.0% Columbia n/a n/a Figures reflect the sex ratio of students accepted into the Class of 1996 at each Ivy League university. Numbers of Columbia University were not available...