Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more stable dollar will also steady interest rates, a key factor affecting stock prices. Interest rates in the credit markets declined yesterday...
Carmen said financial concerns were not a factor in the decision, since the campaign believed it could raise about $3 million immediately--enough, he said, "to make a credible national...
...Factor wasn't enough the next weekend. Cornell did everything it needed to do against Brown in Providence. Everything, that is, except win. Brown fell short in every important statistical category, but came out on top, 23-15, thanks to a blocked punt and a 66-yard quarterback sneak...
Clouds, which shade about half the earth's surface at any given time, are another important climatic factor. Says James Coakley of the National Center for Atmospheric Research: "If you heat up the atmosphere and pump more water in, clouds will change. But how? We don't know." Water vapor, for example, is yet another greenhouse gas, but the white-gray surfaces of clouds reflect solar energy. Which effect predominates? Answer: it depends on the cloud. The bright, low-level stratocumulus clouds reflect 60% of incoming solar rays. But long, thin monsoon clouds let solar heat in while preventing infrared...
...opponents, in the meantime, were putting together a megacoalition of civil rights, women's and liberal groups for a vigorous public crusade against him. Some of the attacks involved distortions of his record and implications that he was personally biased against blacks and women. But the most significant factor in Bork's defeat was the unified and vigorous efforts of local black leaders in the South. In the 1986 campaign, Democrats regained control of the Senate mainly by winning five Southern seats. Reagan campaigned against all the Democratic candidates, four of whom won with overwhelming black support. Those Senators were...