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According to campaign finance reports filed with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, the Massachusetts Homeowners Coalition (MHC), which led the Question 9 campaign, outspent SOCC by a ratio of at least...
...next 40 years," he said. The American harvest miracle -- and even last week's announcement by the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines that a new, higher-yielding strain of rice would boost world production 20% to 25% -- have yet to transform Brown into an optimist. The ratio of food to population is the lowest in 20 years, he says, and "it will take at least five years for the new rice plant to have any effect. In other crops, the research with fertilizers and new seeds seems to have plateaued...
...brightening economy. The Commerce Department said business sales jumped 3%, and inventories rose 1% in August. That was twice as strong as economists had been expecting. The sales increase was particularly impressive, since it was the biggest monthly gain since February of 1987. Moreover, the inventory-to-sales ratio, which combines the two figures, dropped to an all-time low, meaning that factories will have to pick up production even more to keep pace with booming demand. In recent weeks, good news like that has sometimes sent the market reeling, as investors register their fear of renewed inflation. But with...
...trend. It's a constant," Ellison said. "There's always been a higher sex ratio of women to men in the history...
...when students are forced to get remedial help, the ratio naturally represents the test results more closely...