Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reader may think that this whole scheme is quite ludicrous. However, pause and reflect for a minute that from ancient history to the present, Jerusalem--the holiest of all cities--has been a motivating factor behind some of the bloodiest wars on the globe...
Western's little big man, 5-ft., 8-in. Dan Dorion, leading the nation in scoring with 101 points, got a pair of garbage goals in the second game, but he was never a factor in either contest...
...year I played on the Olympic team was probably the biggest factor in my improvement," Fusco said. "I went from a player who had some offensive skills to a much more complete player. It helped in terms of maturity and leadership...
...what he would say to Reagan personally. I would invite him to normalize relations with Nicaragua, to have a friendly policy. I would invite him to convert himself into a factor for peace in Latin America and the world. If he says he is a Christian, that he believes in God, he could have a more Christian policy. He could be more humble. He could try a new type of relationship with a revolutionary government, a government that is not a threat to the United States...
America's divorce rate, one of the highest in the world, holds down female earning power, says Hewlett, and so does discrimination against women workers. But she thinks the major factor holding women back is their continuing burden in the home, particularly the responsibility of child rearing. Hewlett writes: "Ninety percent of women have children, and . . . it is precisely during the childbearing years that women fail to make the grade in the career struggle...