Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Houston appeals-court hearing, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court decision, on whether Texaco should be required to put up a bond for some $10 billion while continuing to appeal the 1985 Texas judgment. Protecting itself from such an appeals decision had been a vital factor in Texaco's decision to flee into bankruptcy. The Houston hearing was stayed after Texaco lawyers argued that the Chapter 11 filing triggered an automatic halt to other legal proceedings. Pennzoil officials said they might challenge the bankruptcy petition, but at week's end they had not done...
...King Mellon. Two names are believed to have the committee's interest: David Nordby, 47, executive vice president of Chicago's Continental Illinois Bank; and Silas Keehn, 56, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Both were promising Mellon executives who moved on after Barnes became chairman. One factor that could favor Nordby: colleagues say he is an expert at dealing with bad loans...
...Constitution does not require that a state eliminate any demonstrable disparity that correlates with a potentially irrelevant factor in order to operate a criminal justice system that includes capital punishment," Powell said...
...team that wins the first game generally goes on to win the second," Coach Wentzell said. "The confidence factor and all that...
...defended the record of the Marshall Hall training program and the overall record of Marine guards. Occasionally, Delgrosso was nearly overcome with emotion as he talked of his loyalty to the Corps, his eyes filling with tears. "In a security system, the last thin, red line is the human factor," Delgrosso said. "In the end, everything centers on integrity. How do we guarantee integrity? We look for maturity, judgment. It's clear that Lonetree and Bracy had a problem with integrity...