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...middle-aged men the most prone to alcoholism, there has recently been a marked increase in alcoholism among people in their 20s and 30s and among women. In the '50s, by National Institute of Mental Health estimates, one of every five or six alcoholics was a woman; the ratio is now one woman for every four men. These figures may in fact be understating the problem for women, because a nonworking woman, who does not have to punch a time clock or stand scrutiny in the office, finds it easier than her husband might to hide her habit...
When the study is complete, figures showing the ratio of women applicants to the overall pool will be available. But these figures alone may be meaningless, since few students--men or women--participate in the competition for those prizes that require submitted work, as opposed to cumulative academic achievement. An official in the prize office said that most of the essay contests that her office oversaw this year drew under 10 competitors. The problem may be one of access for the whole community: A select few students compete for costly rewards. Or it may be benign: Few students...
This system is designed to give Harvard-Radcliffe College applicants to the Law School an advantage over other applicants, Berman said, but of all colleges, Harvard has the highest ratio of acceptances to total applications. Last year, of 424 applicants from Harvard, 132 were accepted. Only half of these were from the senior class, however. The rest of the acceptances were graduates...
Moreover, in a sample of ten separate monetary awards that have always been open to both men and women students, women have grossed $4106 in the last 12 years, compared to a total for men of $25,298. The four-to-one ratio of men to women Harvard students does not compensate for the discrepancy in either case...
...Radcliffe Quadrangle will remain at its current ratio, approximately one-to-one, as will Harvard Houses with relatively low male-female ratios, Collier said. These include Adams, Dunster, Lowell and Quincy, he said...