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Within the parameters of their male-dominated world, Radcliffe women took advantage of every edge they had. "There was a lot of mutual exploitation," admits Alison Morss, describing the strategic benefits of a four-to-one, male-female ratio. "We prided ourselves on how much we could get the poor devil to spend on us," she adds. Despite the stiff competition a young man might find at a Thursday afternoon tea or an early evening jolly-up, it was still he who had to initiate any private dates. Sex was naturally a topic of great fascination, but few were brazen...
...Created in 1935, the Social Security Administration originally paid benefits only to workers who retired at age 65; coverage was gradually broadened to include wives, children, the disabled and early retirees. In addition, payments were hiked by cost of living increases. With a negligible inflation rate and a high ratio of taxpaying workers to beneficiaries, the system hummed along smoothly and solvently for decades. In the 1970s, however, prices (which determine the level of payments) rose at a faster clip than wages (which determine how much money is paid into the system). As a result, Social Security funds were depleted...
...public school children, ages 6 to 18, for up to twelve hours a day. It will begin the Monday after school lets out and continue until classes resume in September. The program, expected to add $1.2 million to the city's budget, will feature a child-staff ratio of 20 to 1, police and civilian patrols assigned to observe children at pickup and delivery points, free lunches for the needy and special T shirts, issued two to a child, displaying the wearer's name, group number and location. But as far as Atlantans are concerned, the program need...
...spokesmen, however, made it clear that the Yearbook article, a parody that described the sex ratio at Adams House as "one to one to one," was only the latest in a year-long series of offenses against gays at Harvard...
...yearbook article, written by Jared S. Corman '81 of Adams House, describes the House as "a haven for homosexuality. Rumor has it that the ratio is one to one to one or one to one to one too many...