Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year that television became a decisive factor in a national campaign, 1988 is the year that television was the campaign, a year in which one party, at its convention, deliberately muted the colors of the flag so they would televise better. To ensure that the news media would deliver the desired image, both campaigns shielded their men from spontaneous contact with the press, arranging instead a series of colorful, staged-for-TV events. On most days the strategy worked. "TV producers are like nymphomaniacs when it comes to visuals," explains Albert Hunt, Washington bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal...
...display. A growing number of restaurants and cafes are raising the temptation factor by presenting their delectables on a rolling cart or a table strategically placed near the entrance. "Some customers reserve their choices before ordering dinner because they know we run out of certain things," says Sam Rubin, owner of the seafood restaurant John Clancy's in Manhattan, where individual lemon meringue tarts ($6) and dense, moist chocolate velvet cake ($6) are among the first to go. Another trend: dessert samplers, with an assortment of up to seven different confections. Joyce Goldstein, chef-owner of San Francisco's Square...
Another significant factor is that many doctors perform caesareans at the first signs of fetal distress to protect themselves from malpractice suits. Moreover, caesareans demand less time for physicians in the delivery room. "It's a lot easier for a doctor to schedule a woman for caesarean and come in at 8 in the morning and be done by 8:30," says Mortimer Rosen, director of obstetrics and gynecology at New York's Presbyterian Hospital...
...previous Democratic contenders among blacks. In addition, it is getting very late to put on a big get-out-the-vote drive. But as the slugging reaches its climax, many blacks and Hispanics are likely to be reminded of their traditional opposition to the Republicans. Finally, there is a factor difficult to evaluate but potentially important: the press and TV love the drama of a close election. Having come near to writing Dukakis off, the media can be expected in the campaign's final days to search out and perhaps magnify any signs of Democratic revival...
...Moses Malone lead the Atlanta Hawks to the NBA promised land? Are the Cleveland Cavaliers mature enough to be a factor? Will Dallas become supreme in the West...