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...represented an overwhelming majority," one legislative aide commented, "then we might be swayed." A check of offices on the Hill revealed that mail is generally running heavily in favor of resumed testing. Several aides pointed out that the Project would gain in influence if it could affect the mail ratio...
...that didn’t drag terribly. Yes, Ebert also calls attention to some underappreciated gems, but consider this: he likes about as many movies as he dislikes—he has to, otherwise his TV show would quickly grow tedious. And in an industry whose crap-to-quality ratio is perhaps ten-to-one, that means that Ebert will give thumbs up to four or five banalities for every gem, underappreciated...
...There’s a two-to-one ratio of black women to black men in colleges, so yes, we need to honor these black men,” said David L. Evans, senior admissions officer at Harvard...
...troop strength may not be enough to fight a two-front insurgency, prepare the way for elections and resume the reconstruction of Iraq, which was thrown into upheaval by the violence last week. Those calling for an even bigger force point to a historical comparison: in Northern Ireland, the ratio of British police and troops to civilians at the conflict's height was 20 per 1,000; a comparable U.S. presence in Iraq would require 500,000 troops. That might well be what it would take in Iraq, but the U.S. has almost nowhere to turn for more manpower. Further...
This melting will cause a drastic change in the ratio of temperature between the equator and poles, which in turn will affect global currents, according to Gore...