Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anything--besides the Beanport mystique--can be considered a key factor in tonight's game, it has to be goaltending...
Laura I. Gerald '90, one of the seminar leaders, cited "a language barrier" as a primary factor in the failure of government AIDS information to reach Blacks. "[AIDS pamphlets] don't come out in the vernacular. But those are the kinds of words we need if we want people to understand," she said...
Boone said he regretted having to limit enrollment but said that the quality of the course would suffer otherwise. "When you have too many students, the student is no longer a factor," he said, adding that going to lectures would start to resemble "going to the movies...
Liberals still fulminate about the so-called Teflon factor that ostensibly insulated Reagan from the penalties for his weaknesses and mistakes. This complaint ignores some large facts. No Teflon protected Reagan's approval rating during the 1981-82 recession or the Iran-contra debacle. Moreover, commentators have shouted themselves hoarse warning about the dangers of the budget deficits...
...painful as the task may be, economists insist that the deficit must be cut. Says Norman Robertson, chief economist of Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh: "The most important factor in determining whether we have a recession in the next two years is going to be whether we adopt a credible deficit- reduction program...