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PROPORTION   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... proportion is nearly one-third.   BB xxii, Foreword to Third Edition   Display entire Foreword to Third Edition
Women now make up more than one-fourth of the membership; among newer members, the proportion is nearly one-third.


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... proportion, of the ability to think straight, ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?


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... proportion to the responsibility that each must ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
IV. At all responsible levels, we ought to maintain a traditional "Right of Participation," allowing a voting representation in reasonable proportion to the responsibility that each must discharge.


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