Across Europe, the dependency ratio of older people (aged 65 and over) to those of working age (15-64) will double from one-to-four to one-to-two by 2050.
John McCain of Arizona is greater than two-to-one, while Gore has better than a four-to-one advantage over Bill Bradley.
He had a come-from-nowhere victory in the May 2007 primary--when he bested four other candidates, including two congressmen--then a four-to-one trouncing of his opponent in November.
After a 24-year Indonesian occupation, a referendum in East Timor had voted four-to-one in favour of independence.
Even if defections are as numerous as the opposition claims, that would still leave the ratio of government-to-rebel forces as more than four-to-one - a margin of superiority exceeding that seen in Libya, supplemented by militias, and with airpower held largely in reserve.
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And about one out of four construction -- one out of four jobs that have been lost during this recession are related to the construction industry in some fashion.
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The study of 11, 161 people between the ages of 16 and 44 from across the UK found that a minority - one in five men and one in four women - have had one sexual partner over the course of their lives.
High-tech examination also revealed 51 category-two images, three category-three and four images and one category-four movie.
Mr Boehner, the Republican likely to become speaker of the House when the next Congress convenes in January, said four legislators - one from each party from both the House and Senate - would hold talks soon with the White House to negotiate a resolution to the tax issue.
Nearly one-half of Republicans are investors, but so are more than one in four Democrats and one-third of independents.
By objective measure, this one adds up to four-sevenths of that one, given that four prominent members of the college of cardinals have disappeared during a conclave to elect a new pope.
For an inspiring tale of how some of these unsung heroes overcame the most daunting physical challenges of their age, see the four-part documentary Great Projects, to be shown on public television this summer in four one-hour segments.
The record for the London Marathon - four hours and one minute - was held by a Royal Marine.
CBS' stable, if not boring, schedule has five new scripted primetime series--four dramas and one sitcom--on offer this fall.
Police said five deaths - four Copts and one Muslim - occurred on Saturday in Khosous, about 10 miles (15km) north of Cairo, after inflammatory symbols were drawn on an Islamic institute, provoking an argument.
On the same day, a rebel attack north-east of Bujumbura left four people - including one Hutu rebel - dead, according to a government official.
In the first-ever Apprentice-style program about art, aired over four one-hour episodes, a panel of four judges winnows a field of thousands down to a group of six, who then get put through reality-show-like challenges, including life drawing and creating a work of public art at the British seaside.
Experience a whole new world in the heart of Orlando's famous amusement parks and attractions with a one-night stay for up to four people in a one-bedroom villa at the five-star Westgate Town Centre resort, just a mile from Disney World.
It has a one-to-one nurse-patient ratio in critical care and one-to-four in the rest.
In the four cases -- one case for each of the women, and one for the 6-year-old girl -- he was arraigned on a total of four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
To test whether ravens could follow gaze, Dr Heinrich and Dr Bugnyar used six six-month-old hand-reared ravens, and one four-year-old.
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England are about to play a series in the West Indies - featuring four Tests and five one-day internationals - which starts on 4 February with the team due to depart for the Caribbean on 21 January.
But four years later, not one has a four-year degree, and only Melissa is still working on getting one.
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This is one room - just one - at the Four Seasons Bali at Jimbaran Bay.
The most rewarding goal is a three- to four-week trek from the one-yak town of Taplejung to the north and south base camps of Kanchenjunga.
Spinners Sachin Tendulkar and Piyush Chawla looked set to increase the stranglehold, but Cook demonstrated more potential for adapting when he slog-swept Chawla over mid-wicket for four and Bell pulled a Tendulkar long hop for a one-bounce four.
For old timers Mel Ott, Jimmy Foxx and Lou Gehrig, the ratio was about four-to-one.
He did little wrong there, and also impressed in his four one-day appearances for England.
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In Wales, backing for devolution dwindled away until it was rejected contemptuously by a four-to-one margin.
Unite and Unison members voted four-to-one to reject the deal, meaning more strikes could now be planned.
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