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Word: ratios (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ratio of strollers to babysitters; children must stay strapped into a locked stroller at all times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pool Policy | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

...expect the rate to increase further. Today, the ratio of people receiving benefits to workers paying for them is one to 3.3. By the time Social Security begins dipping into its imaginary trust fund in 2030, the ratio will be one to two. If benefits are not limited, the workers who foot the bill for our generation's retirees will suffer an unconscionable burden...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Middle Class on the Dole II | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...Weissbecker said that ratio is taken into account when board rates are set. "We base our budget on the figure that students will take an average of 14 meals. So there is nothing to rebate," he said...

Author: By Robbery Tuesday, | Title: News Briefs | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

Adding new faculty positions, depending on how they are allocated, could also increase the ratio of tenured positions to untenured ones, leaving relatively fewer junior faculty members to compete for more tenured spots...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Faculty Lays the Groundwork for Expansion | 10/20/1989 | See Source »

...experts and TV critics alike. It takes a real grouch to offer a dissent. But even nongrouches may squirm at the sugarcoating this subject has received. Except for a few taunting schoolmates, Corky is drenched in love and support. Life Goes On may have the highest hug-a-minute ratio of any show in TV history. His parents (Bill Smitrovich and Patti LuPone) are unfailingly wise and patient. Only his blunt younger sister (Kellie Martin) worries occasionally about being embarrassed by her brother in school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Reflections of A Real Grouch | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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