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...that she is occasionally the only girl invited to some fraternity events. Before the club night that SAE hosted at the Matrix in Boston, for example, the fraternity held an intimate pre-party for brothers only. Garbarino was the only woman in attendance, resulting in a girl-to-guy ratio that she remembers fondly...
...problem growing, at least proportionally? The answer, in part, is that enemy fire is less of a problem. "We have so overwhelmed our enemies that the ratio has climbed," says Lieut. Colonel Chris Hughes of the 101st Airborne Division. "It is a direct reflection of the fact that our enemies have not been able to inflict serious damage on us." It's also a reflection of the way weapons systems have advanced faster than recognition capabilities. A target can be hit with precision long before it can be identified. The accuracy and lethality of modern U.S. weapons systems are also...
Most stocks are expensive today, with an average price-earnings ratio of 19. But a quick military victory in Iraq, and a further celebratory surge in stock prices, would bolster consumer and business confidence and boost the sluggish economy. Alan Levenson, chief economist at fund company T. Rowe Price, expects a healthy annual growth rate of 3.5% in the second half of this year and 4% in 2004, assuming--as any bullish case must--that the war keeps going well and there is no major terror event. Byron Wien, chief U.S. market strategist at Morgan Stanley, says investors who wait...
...aspirin? Not necessarily. Aspirin, after all, carries its own risks, including internal bleeding, stomach ulcers, allergies and in rare cases strokes. The patients in these two studies were selected because they were known to be at high risk for colon cancer--which tended to tip the risk-benefit ratio in their favor. Whether daily aspirin use makes sense for the rest of us is still not clear...
...Friday, March 14, the group sponsored its third annual day of celebrations in honor of the omnipresent mathematical ratio, often approximated...