Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...November. At first they speculated that the phenomenon might be the result of increased sunspot activity or the unusual weather systems of the Antarctic. It is now widely accepted that winds are partly responsible, but scientists are increasingly convinced that there is a more disturbing factor at work. The culprit: a group of man-made chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are used, among other things, as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners, for making plastic foams, and as cleaning solvents for microelectronic circuitry. Mounting evidence has demonstrated that under certain conditions these compounds, rising from earth high into the stratosphere...
...also blamed the court system for ignoring evidence in his defense and said he decided against making public statements about the case because of concern for his daughter and the "sympathy factor" he perceived for his ex-wife, who chose to be imprisoned in March rather than divulge Nicole's location...
...comes down to my word against her word...and I think she's...had a big sympathy factor right from the beginning when she went to jail," LaLonde said in the interview...
...superabundance of financial innovation is another factor reminiscent of the 1920s. During that time, investment trusts and utility pyramids were the rage, while the 1980s has been a boom time for such techniques and instruments as leveraged buyouts, junk bonds and stock-index futures. The common element is vast leverage, which creates the potential for big profits during a booming economy but equally dramatic losses when the tide goes the other...
...tried to take Math at Harvard, but had to give it up. It wasn't that I was too stupid to do well--although some might say that this was a contributing factor--but that whenever I got a problem right I became too happy to continue: "What? Radical two over three? Well, all right! Celebrate good times, come on! I'm outta here! Is 'Alf' on tonight...