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...report titled "Private Colleges Worth the Price," Kiplinger's ranked 100 private colleges and universities for value, using criteria that includes admission rate, student/faculty ratio and cost...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kiplinger's Report Ranks Best Values in Colleges | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...EXTRA BONUS] Animal-to-camper ratio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello Mother, Hello Father | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...high-butter diets. The more trans-fatty acids in a spread, scientists found, the more fats in the blood. Although all the butter substitutes reduced the level of LDL (the "bad" cholesterol), the trans-fatty acids sometimes drove down the concentration of HDL ("good" cholesterol), changing the critical ratio of total blood cholesterol to HDL. In the case of stick margarine, this ratio actually climbed above the butter baseline. Says Tufts professor of nutrition Alice Lichtenstein, who headed the study: "It's the stick margarine, with its high trans-fatty-acid content, that is the worst offender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Margarine Misgivings | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...changes College's gender ratio from...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Timeline | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Then, in 1972, University President Derek C.Bok lowered the male-female ratio for the class of1976 from 4:1 to 2.5:1. Students were happy withthe more equitable ratio, but some considered itto be too little, too late...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding New Battles to Fight | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

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