Word: factor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been disrupted. When rebellion broke out there in September, output fell from 6 million bbl. a day to less than half a million. Though Saudi Arabia tried to fill the gap with its own surplus, that did not suffice. "The drop in production in Iran was the important factor in the price boost," says a U.S. Treasury official. "The Saudis are able to hold off the price hawks as long as they have excess capacity. They couldn't push any further, though, and had to give...
...West as potentially threatening and sees Brzezinski as the principal villain in a plot to set up an anti-Soviet alliance involving China, Japan and NATO. Brzezinski rejects that view: "A China that is increasingly modern, increasingly capable of dealing with its large number of people, increasingly a factor in stability both in its region and in the world as a whole-a China that is strong and secure-that is a China we would like to see. We do not see cooperation among China, the U.S., Western Europe and Japan as a hostile design against the Soviets. In different...
...headline-grabbing Bakke decision last summer left open more questions about reverse discrimination than it answered. The Supreme Court outlawed explicit racial quotas for admission to universities receiving federal funds, while ruling that race could still be a factor in selecting applicants. But the court did not say how far employers could go with affirmative-action programs designed to give minorities a break, programs that often use quotas and also affect millions of workers...
...Referees were a factor in this game," Harvey said. "The exaggerated calls hurt both teams, maybe the J.V. even more...
Unfortunately, the paradisical setting of April Sound was marred by a demonic cold front sweeping the southwest. "On Friday during the sponsors' tournament the chill factor was seven degrees so we only played four holes," Ftizgibbons recounts in a taut voice. "We never got to practice...