Word: ratio
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...Judaism sanctions oppression is not the way to defeat anti-Semitism, nor is it the way to bolster Congressional support for aid to Israel. Interpreting Judaism as a theology that says Jews can harass non-Jews whenever they want is also foolhardy, as non-Jews outnumber Jews by a ratio of roughly...
...need for more police has never been greater, as one chilling statistic reveals: the ratio of police officers to reported felonies has reversed since the late 1940s. Then there were 3.3 cops for every violent crime reported in big cities. By 1988 there were about 3.2 reported serious crimes for each cop nationwide. In large cities the ratio is even worse -- so bad, in fact, that . many police departments lack the manpower to respond to all 911 calls. The Police Corps would put cops where they are most needed: on the street. Because rookies begin their careers on patrol...
Because federal agencies have begun to reassert regulatory control over the past two years, credit terms are tightening up. The Government has required banks to boost their ratio of equity to total outstanding loans, so that institutions will have more of their own holdings at risk. As a result, banks are being more careful about making loans and borrowers are finding it harder to get credit...
Then there was another awkward feature of the operation: maybe it was a just cause, but it was hardly a fair fight. The ratio of the U.S.'s population to Panama's is 100 to 1. Factor in the overwhelming superiority of the American military, and it might as well be 1,000 to 1. Similar odds prevailed during Ronald Reagan's conquest of Grenada in 1983 and his eleven-minutes-over-Libya bombing raid against Muammar Gaddafi in 1986. A none-too-edifying pattern is emerging in the late 20th century. Since conflicts between nuclear-armed big boys...