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...half in four years "a goal." Privately he understands that a true halving (in absolute dollars) would require a gasoline tax and other levies he is loath to impose. Eventually, the political trick will probably involve redefining the problem, either by 1) claiming that halving the deficit as a ratio of the debt to the gross domestic product should be considered a promise fulfilled or 2) arguing that there are different kinds of deficits, and that any funds appropriated for long-term improvements like public works projects should be viewed as welcome investments rather than as crippling and wasteful current...
Therefore, the remaining 75 spaces in Bok House will go by random chance to students in the ratio 335/180 of first-choices. In other words, 65 percent of the remaining Bok House slots will be filled by students who chose it as first-choice. That means 49 more people who chose Bok House first will get in. Your chance of getting in through the second round is 49/335, or 14.6 percent. Finally, one's chances for the two rounds are additive, so if you designated Bok House as a first choice, your total chance of getting into Bok House...
...institution that for years was a bastion of male thought and scholarship? We're just beginning to carve our presence in The Crimson, the Undergraduate Council, the Institute of Politics. The number of women in the U.C. this year is higher than it's ever been before. The ratio of men to women is slowly moving towards 50:50. On the surface, things look fine...
...actually approached to write a book on a guide to single women, how single women can muddle through and avail themselves of whatever opportunities there are. There was to be a chapter on the cities you can move to where the sex ratio is in your favor...
Only 65 percent of South Asians said they wouldvote for Clinton, and 25 percent for Bush, whileAsians and Pacific Islanders responded in a 64-20ratio...