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...telling detail. At the signing of the treaty that launched nato in 1949, he notices, the band played "I Got Plenty of Nothing" - roughly what the new alliance offered in terms of boots on the ground. At the time, Soviet forces in Europe outnumbered the Western Allies by a ratio of 12 to 1. Luckily, Judt argues, "for American policymakers, Europe's vulnerability was a problem, not an opportunity" and despite some proud grumbling, Western Europeans recognized that truth as Soviet-backed regimes grabbed power across Eastern Europe. The subsequent struggle between capitalism and communism is the leitmotif of postwar...
...bear that lopsided burden. At GM, each U.S. worker's production has to support 2.5 retirees, adding an average of $2,200 in legacy costs to the price of a vehicle, a steep disadvantage vs. foreign manufacturers. And the fewer vehicles GM sells, the worse the ratio gets...
...found that thick-in-the-middle guys--with 40-in.-to-62-in. waists--are 12 times as likely to develop Type 2 diabetes as men measuring 29 in. to 34 in. around. Studies also supported the contention of many experts that the waist-to-hip ratio is a more accurate measure of obesity and a better predictor of heart-attack risk than the widely used body mass index...
...down by powerful unions and restrictive legislation. Together, the distorted incentives produced by such a system account for the fact that the total number of work hours is only one half of what it would have been if all working-age French were employed. In contrast the labor supply ratio in the U.S. is 20 percent higher, indicating the sharp advantage the American economy has when it comes to its worker productivity...
...assume the mantle of superior point guard play established by Tim Hill ’99 (590 career assists, second most in school history) and Prasse-Freeman ’03 (705, first). In the past two seasons, Harvard has over 300 more turnovers than assists, a 0.66:1 ratio that ranks last in the Ivy League. To protect the basketball, the young guards must learn how to wait for plays to develop...