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...most significant paper presented at the Conference was by Jacob Siegel, chief of the Census Bureau's National Population and Estimates branch. He showed that one-tenth of the Negro population was missed in the 1960 Census and that among young Negro males the rate was as high as one...
...welcome-and quickly became known as "Gospodin Billy (Mister Billy)." In pouring rain, at a soccer field owned by a local Roman Catholic seminary (the government barred Graham from conducting his crusade in a public stadium), he spoke through a translator to a huddled crowd that represented more than one-tenth of Yugoslavia's 20,000 Protestants. A sodden banner proclaimed in Serbo-Croatian, "Jesus said: I am the way, the truth, and the life." Graham skirted politics on his trip, announcing "I am not a representative of any government. I represent the Kingdom of God." But he made...
...were "dominated by an elite meeting in committee and bringing proposals before the body." The larger the number of participants, the more difficult consensus decision making becomes. Fourth, SDS lacks the money to support a substantial organizing drive. It now operates with a budget of $80,000 a year--one-tenth that of the National Student Association...
Sophomore Bill Murphy continued to thrill spectators with his magnificent diying. Behind by one-tenth of a point after the afternoon dives. Murphy turned in the best performance of his career as he ended up nearly 40 points ahead of his closest challenger, winning...
...least half of the aggravated assaults, burglaries and larcenies are probably never reported. In some communities, only one-tenth may show up on police records...