Word: numbering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...lower turnout will favor Bush, according to Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press Thomas E. Patterson, because a disproportionate number of people who do not vote are low-income members of the Democratic base...
...more it seems like the first. McGinn's departure made him just another casualty in the ranks of ceos ousted in the past year--including Gillette's Michael Hawley (also canned last week), British Airways' Robert Ayling and Xerox's Rick Thoman. And the list is growing. The number of CEO departures went from just 46 last September to 103 this September, according to a study by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The number this fall is expected to be double the October 1999 figure...
...many of them incompatible. This confusion adds to the pressure on AOL--which popularized instant messaging and commands a 90% share of the market--to allow rivals like Yahoo and Microsoft access to its IM systems. These cover some 80 million users under the AOL brand and a similar number under ICQ, an Israeli company that AOL bought two years ago. Says MacDonald: "AOL's installed base is the crown jewels of instant messaging...
Florida is attempting to address a disturbing national phenomenon: the explosion in the number of mothers in prison. The population of women in U.S. prisons has risen 650% in the past two decades. Of the more than 149,000 female inmates currently in local jails and state and federal penitentiaries, 70% have at least one child under 18. Since these mothers are often the sole provider for their children, the impact on their kids can be devastating. They get shuttled off to live with relatives or sent to foster homes. Studies show that kids with incarcerated mothers are more likely...
...problem of parenting in prison often begins with childbirth. The number of babies born to mothers in prison is rising. (Most of these women are pregnant when they arrive; conjugal visits, as a rule, are not allowed.) They generally give birth at the nearest hospital. But since prisons are often far from hospitals and expectant mothers must clear various security hurdles, women inmates are at greater risk of delivering their babies before they can make it to a hospital. A scathing report by Amnesty International helped draw public attention to the sometimes harsh treatment of pregnant inmates, such as shackling...