Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stated that the U.S. will take whatever steps it feels necessary for national security, and never mind what the treaty says. Said he: "Our security requirements will be the primary, indeed, the only concern. Whether you're technically in compliance (with SALT) or not is a totally irrelevant factor...
...ability to tap Harvard's top minds appeared to hinge on the outcome of the University's own ongoing rules review. To the extent that professors comply with them, Harvard's regulations seemed likely to remain the limiting factor...
...January interview with the weekly Jewish Advocate, Safran said his opponents tried to use "the Jewish factor" against him. He cited the attacks as an example "of how my opponents and enemies reached for whatever they could hit me with...
Dostart says that while he and his roommates wanted to go to Greece, fear of terrorism in an international airport with a bad reputation was a factor in their decision to nix a visit there. "We wouldn't fly into Athens," he says. They had thought about using some other means of transportation to visit Greece, but they have decided they don't have enough time to make the trip, Dostart says...
Also working in favor of the bill is the fact that in an election year neither party wants to be tagged as the obstacle to tax reform. A new factor in the equation, television, may also help. Although an army of lobbyists will be following the bill closely, so too will many average taxpayers. On June 2 the Senate will begin allowing debates to be televised for the first time. Majority Leader Dole, who hopes to establish himself as a presidential contender, intends to bring the tax bill up that day, "right after the prayer...