Word: ratios
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...example, the College's biology department has 247 male and 242 female concentrators, according to the Registrar's Office. The ratio of men to women is 50.5 to 49.5 percent, a difference of only I percent between the genders...
...Changing demographics have created a long-term financing imbalance. Since the 1930s, the ratio of workers to retirees has been steadily decreasing. In 1960 there were 5 workers paying into the system to support each retire. But when Baby Boomers retire, that proportion will be cut by more than half. This means that the system will be taking in less money while it will need to pay more...
More importantly, the point guard tandem ofBasil and Kowal combined for an impressiveassist-to-turnover ratio of 7-to-2. Egelhoff andjunior Kelly Kinneen also looked impressive offthe bench...
...company began showing off its products at trade shows that attracted foreign importers. Like many other American exporters, however, Link had to modify its products to sell overseas. Japanese regulators, for instance, require a different moisture-to-protein ratio in imported meats than is the rule...
...Foundation did not "honor" or "pay tribute" to Kissinger by making him one of the 43 speakers at our triennial Convocation (alumni reunion). In fact, we had him solo at the Saturday dinner precisely because he was probably the most controversial of our speakers, and it seemed that the ratio of one Kissinger to 200-plus press people might give the press a fighting chance in combat with one of their long-time adversaries. Actually, we "honor" nobody by asking them to talk to Niemans; we merely bet that they may have interesting things...