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...committee appointed by President Pusey called the open meeting to discuss the desired ratio of upperclassmen to women in the Houses and to discuss which Houses should go coed...
...real economic wages of black South Africans have not risen but decreased, and at present the ratio of white to black wages is approximately...
...formation of blood clots than those not on the Pill. But the statistics ought to be considered in context. Among women aged 20 to 34, said Guttmacher, there are 1.5 clotting deaths per 100,000 women per year, compared with 22.8 who die as "a consequence of pregnancy"-a ratio of one to 15. Among older women, the ratio is almost the same. Granted, said Guttmacher, not all women who quit the Pill become pregnant, because other contraceptive methods are available. But with them the risk of unwanted pregnancy is far greater: the failure rate is two to four times...
...final decision on ratio will now rest with the committed established under Kagan's resolution to choose which Houses will be coed. It is now possible-al-through very unlikely-for all of the Houses to be coed...
Strauch said in proposing his amendment-which passed by a vote of 68-61- "I am not at all an expert on this subject, but as an experimental physicist, I'd like to see some experimentation." He suggested that some Houses have a two-to-one ratio and others have different ones. He pointed out that the present ratio in Adams, Winthrop, and Lowell Houses is about seven...