Word: proportionately
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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The theatrical future is a promising mixture of comedies and serious plays. The only complaint right now is the dearth of musical comedies, but we may see a larger proportion of them after December.
Eighty-two percent of the Class of 1954 made contrigutions to the Council which totaled about $1800. A less heavy proportion of upperclassmen chipped in on the Council fund drive, but this was expected and Council members remarked that the overall results of their campaign were "surprisingly good."
There remains a more disturbing difficulty. The Guide does not inform us of its sampling base and its readers do not know which proportion of the members of each course actually returned questionnaires. The public opinion polls consistently over-estimates the Republican vote because their interviewers fail to contact enough...
Going over the court cases it closed in June, the Food & Drug Administration found that a higher proportion than ever before (14 out of 43) involved illegal, under-the-counter sales of dangerous drugs. In nine of the 14 cases, the drugs were sleeping pills containing barbiturates.
This blast was justified, in part at least; there was no question that many U.S. correspondents had given a platoon leader's view of the battle. Actually the U.S. casualties were amazingly low in proportion to the number of troops in combat-only about 3,500.