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...mission-minded Ahmadiyya movement, there are 647 million Moslems around the world; less partial statisticians lower the figure to a still impressive 465 million. Today, 35 countries in Africa and Asia have Moslem majorities. In much of West Africa, Islam now gains converts at a 9-to-l ratio over Christianity...
...central banker, Bundesbank President Karl Blessing, who is less interested in expanding the supply of reserves than in heading off inflation. He would keep the current monetary system largely intact but limit the amount of dollars and sterling that countries can hold in their reserves. He calls for a ratio of one-third currency, two-thirds gold. Blessing is basically endorsing an idea conceived by Suardus Posthuma, former managing director of The Netherlands' central bank-but Posthuma proposes a 60-40 ratio in favor of gold. Either proposal would prevent countries from accumulating big, inflationary piles of dollars, would...
Since January 1, the United States has lost $825 billion in gold, as compared to $125 million in all of 1964. France has been responsible for over half (450 million) of that decline. But Germany has quietly raised her gold-reserve ratio by 6%; Spain has cashed in 60 million dollars for gold. And Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy have all contributed to the problem. The U.S. gold stock fell last month to $14 billion, the lowest in 26 years. And experts predict that the worst is yet to come...
...feel the traditionalists have the best case. Admittedly the ratio system has worked well in the Natural Sciences. But this reflects the peculiarities of that area, not the inherent advantages of the system. In the sciences, general education means training in the methods of science. Often departmental courses can impart, as well as can Gen Ed courses, an understanding of the scientific method...
...purpose is not always fulfilled. But this is no reason to abandon it, and adoption of the ratio system would amount to just that. For the system rests on the assumption that general education is a matter of quantity not quality, that the advantages of a Gen Ed course can be duplicated by any two or 15 departmental courses. This assumption is simply false. As Professor Chalmers said last week "two unsatisfactory departmental courses do not constitute a satisfactory Gen Ed course...