Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much the skill or the speed that has made Hotchkin and Pepper standout soccer players. It's that intangible factor--what Shattuck calls "competitive maturity...
...Diego St.] is known for starting fast,shooting a goal, and keeping that lead." Peppersaid. "We are known for starting slow and pickingup momentum. That was a factor in the quality ofplay."AP PhotoHarvard's NICK HOTCHKIN (right) is tackledby San Diego St.'s KEN TAYLOR in the Aztec's 2-1(5-4 in penalty kicks) victory over the Crimson inSaturday's semifinal contest in Clemson...
...egged on by a wife solely concerned with her husband's place in the history books--as if that would in any way detract from what on the merits clearly is a sensible, long-overdue reduction in nuclear weaponry or if the judgment of history is a factor to be dismissed in the conduct of affairs of state. If anything, the virulence and mean-spiritedness of the opposition emanating from those on the President's right reveals that they themselves may have realized that history has passed them...
...studies, Mao found single children "faring better than those with siblings" in terms of intellectual development. She contends that some children with siblings are even worse brats. "They beat their elder brothers," Mao says. "The decisive factor is not whether one is a single child. It is a question of parental attitude and education." As an ancient Chinese saying goes, "Bad parents produce bad children." Most single-child parents are survivors of the chaotic Cultural Revolution. Many failed to finish their own schooling, and they are often ill equipped to rear children properly. Some of these parents apply immense pressure...
Sweetser, who began swimming at the age of eight, has been a major factor in the Harvard women's swimming team's rise from joke of the Ivy League to powerhouse of the Eastern seaboard...