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...revised loan agreement with two banks; but even so, the firm last month had less than $1 of capital for every $10 of debts-the point at which the Stock Exchange warns a member firm to act. If the merger fails and Hutton's debt-to-capital ratio climbs above 15 to 1, the firm would face suspension...
...based on civil service, and pushed through plans for the first degree-granting medical school in a state whose ratio of one doctor for every 1,100 people is the nation's poorest. Kneip was raised in Elkton, S. Dak., built a dairy-equipment business and then entered politics, winning the first of three terms in the state senate in 1964. First elected Governor in 1970, the folksy, breezy politician is favored for a third term in November...
Construction, like law enforcement and higher education, seems to be another business that has made particularly noticeable affirmative action strides in recent years. This week, with construction crews out in full force on New England's highways, the sex ratio of flagmen to flagwomen appeared nearly equal. Of course, women were conspicuously absent from construction crews. Now it doesn't seem like it matters much what sex the person is who waves a flag to direct cars around road construction. But it sure appears to make a big difference to some people. A group of men in a Pinto were...
Walsh said the Harvard force has an unusually large ratio of policemen to residents. There are about 15 policemen for every 5000 people at Harvard, and 13 Cambridge police for every 5000 in Cambridge as a whole, he said...
...Large Ratio...