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...done to slow this geometrical breeding. In the U.S., at least, there is evidence that while the nation is still far from achieving the ideal of zero population growth -the birth rate is still twice the death rate-the multiplication is declining. According to the Census Bureau, the ratio of children under five years old born to women in their fertile years was the lowest in March 1969 since the end of World War War II. The figure may indicate in part that more women are simply waiting longer to have children, but the 26% decline in the ratio during...
...report opposed merger because it would inevitably lead to a change in the male-female ratio...
...particular concerns we feel is that... the act of merger would stimulate the forces of change, and that, although at present there is no illegality in controlling such a ratio, it would be increasingly difficult to do so. The 4 to 1 ratio in admission of men and women has drawn little comment in the past because it represented essentially the housing capacity of the separate institutions...
...practical reasons given in the report for maintaining the present ratio were excruciatingly revealing. An increase in total enrollment to 9000 was convincingly dismissed because of the drain it would cause on money and on Cambridge housing space. But the reasons given against equalizing male and female enrollment at 3000 each had no foundation other than male supremacy. The first was based on the idea that only male companionship is important for both women and men. (Remember the construction of dorms at Harvard and Radcliffe.) A decrease in the number of men, the report argued, would mean that the remaining...
...modern, and so are its leggy, miniskirted blondes. With the Gross National Product at $8.8 billion and the economy growing at 6-7% a year, unemployment stands at a manageable 2%. Eastern Europe accounts for barely one-sixth of its trade, Western Europe close to two-thirds. The ratio is even more lopsided when it comes to tourism. Of 1,300,000 visitors last year, the overwhelming majority came from Sweden, West Germany, Norway, the U.S. and Britain, in that order. To lure even more Westerners, the Finns have even been selling Kaamos Aika package deals to honeymoon couples. Kaamos...