Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This may be true, but what may turn out to be an even bigger factor is Maine's home-ice edge. In away games, the Black Bears have a very average 11-7 record. But in front of the home crowd at Alfond, Maine has won 18 of 22 contests...
...major factor behind this shift is cost. On average, private black colleges charge only about half the tuition levied by similar white schools. As student aid has been slashed, that has made a difference to college-bound blacks, most of whom require some form of assistance...
...system of leveled-down wages has led to a loss of interest in their work on the part of both workers and managers. Let's say that somebody has set a record, has fulfilled not one daily quota but five. His wages ought to be raised by a factor of five, but instead, there is an immediate tendency to pay him not five times as much money but three times -- "There, so much for your wanting to get rich...
...think this complicates the process of perestroika. There are, however, some forces behind him. They cannot be defined; they are not organized; you can't identify them as Ivanov or Petrov, but they exist. Not to the extent of representing an opposition to Gorbachev, but a slowing-down factor...
...Depth is a big factor this season," varsity rower Mary McCagg agreed. "Last year, coming out of winter training, it was almost clear who would be in the first boat, but everybody's been working equally hard this year. It's going to be tough...