Word: factor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fire or explosion of hydrogen gas, created when the reactor's high temperatures disassociated the cooling water's molecules. But the NRC team did not learn of it until two days later, the investigators disclosed, because of another snafu: harried by what one official called the "hassle factor," controllers had apparently rolled up a crucial recorder sheet at the height of the accident, thereby inadvertently concealing key information...
Cosmides's speech "deals tangentially with the Radcliffe centennial," Alter said. "That was a big factor in the selection," he said...
...factor in the election, however, may turn out to be the X chromosome. Will Margaret Thatcher lose votes because she is a woman? In Leicester, Button Machinist Betty Poynton confessed, after Thatcher's visit to her shop floor: "I don't fancy a woman as Prime Minister. It's a fellow's job." Others may well agree. Thatcher, however, thinks her sex may be an advantage. "There's an air of excitement," she says, "about the possibility that we're going to have a change of this kind." Later, in a mood of introspection...
...such bad grace with the majority of voters that the open support of bosses like Evans and Weighell for Callaghan would tip the crucial swing vote in favor of the Tories. The country's rapidly growing and increasingly restive black and Asian population could be a significant factor, even though less than half of eligible minority voters had bothered to register. Since Thatcher has publicly called for more restrictions on immigration, their vote was expected to be overwhelmingly proLabor...
Despite the efforts of St. Louis and Kent who popped in two goals midway through the second half, the Wildcats quickly put the game out of reach. The Harvard defense, usually a dominant factor, did not have the speed it needed to keep up with the visitors' awesome fastbreak. Sanborn proved to be the key scorer factor with five goals. "They beat us on the give and go," defensive ace Chris Sailer said...