Word: factor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...researchers interviewed 1136 Florida wives, half widows whose husbands had died of heart attacks, and half wives whose husbands were still alive. Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Ward Casscells, who worked on the study, said "psychological stress" among retirees might be a contributing factor...
...course there's the interest factor. No self-respecting sports department would throw its weight behind a team that had only ten spectators at the home game. "We want to make sure that we're not underwriting a fad," says Janus. Several people raised eyebrows when the women's hockey team gained varsity status a short while ago--"they thought it was a passing fancy," Janus recalled. So it's unlikely that the ultimate frisbee squad will petition anytime soon for a place in the upper echelon...
...half-hour episode of M*A*S*H would bring in $900,000 now, compared with the $180,000 or so the Carter-Mondale Committee would have to fork over. (An FCC decision on their case is expected within two weeks.) The networks deny that money is a factor. They argue that if they sold one half-hour spot, they would be besieged with other requests; moreover, they say the candidates would do better buying time on local stations during the primaries. Reagan's staff did just that, but on a national scale. They organized a network of stations...
MacAusland (called by goalie Betty Ippolito "A great coach and a great inspiration") brought out the best in every player and created a truly united squad that seemed destined--despite its inexperience--to be a factor in regional play...
...anyone wanner or dearer, when she's feeling good." But public life has not been kind to Joan Kennedy. Its wounds can be seen in the puffy eyes, the exaggerated makeup, the tales of alcoholism. Today she is a sadly vulnerable soul and an unknown factor in her husband's electoral equation...