Word: factor
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...Local 26--have been no exception. During its certification campaign, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers relied heavily upon student and community support to pressure the administration into ending its anti-union campaign efforts. Pressure from local political leaders and national labor leaders is seen as a factor in President Bok's decision not to appeal an administrative law judge's decision upholding last May's certification vote...
Clinical studies suggest that cholesterol's role in this lethal process is much more complicated than previously imagined. Some scientists now believe that in certain cases of atherosclerosis, too little HDL may be as important a factor as too much LDL. On the other hand, the higher the level of HDL, the more it may aid in counteracting the effects of the bad cholesterol. This is the view of Dr. William Castelli, medical director of the Framingham Heart Study, a major research project that for the past 40 years has been following the cardiac history of residents of Framingham, Mass...
...sides. As Jackson becomes a Harold Stassen with clout, a good many other Democrats are becoming apoplectic. A second loss, they had hoped, would finish him. But, as Jackson says, "no way I'm going away." So for many Democrats, both black and white, the Jackson factor is becoming the Jackson problem. "What does Jesse want?" 1988's continual refrain, has become "How do we treat him?" a code question for "How do we get rid of Jackson and still retain black support...
...made every effort to sign Bruce Hurst," Boston vice president Lou Gorman said. "His family and the health of his mother was a major, major factor...
Hurst, whose mother lives in Utah, said being closer to his family was a factor but not an overriding...