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...things you learned while running that drug-policy task force as Vice President was that education and treatment were more important than interdiction and law enforcement. You've doubled expenditures during your term overall, but the ratio is basically two-thirds for law enforcement and interdiction and one-third for treatment and education. Are you going to reverse that...
...killer rabbit was the 1992 All-Star Game in San Diego on July 14. As his name was announced over the loudspeaker, a chorus of boos arose from the crowd. Not everyone booed, of course, but The New York Times reporter there estimated a 60-40 heckles-to-cheers ratio. That would be more than a landslide on November...
...more revealing comment when asked at his press conference what had gone through his mind the last day. "I'm an engineer. I just rationally looked at the facts . . . You don't make good decisions with emotions." Like the good businessman he is, Perot calculated the cost-benefit ratio and found the bottom line wanting. His mind-set is different from that of a seasoned politician, who knows campaigns often encounter ambushes and that persistence under attack is a cardinal virtue. A disillusioned Perot worker in San Francisco, Ivan Sharpe, said, "He probably doesn't deserve the presidency. Every presidential...
While all this may seem like an ordinary summer school program, there are differences. Unlike public school classrooms, the student to teacher ratio is six to one, King says...
...always the exterior of Gwathmey's new $24 million slab that got all the attention; the $22 million interior renovation of Wright's building (which cost $7 million in 1959) was mentioned only passingly. Now that the work is finished and the doors are open, that fever ratio should reverse itself: the slab is a bland and only slightly annoying intrusion, while Gwathmey's intelligent, intricate, loving work inside is a revelation, making it a far, far better museum than it has ever been...