Word: factor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extremely egalitarian society in which it is considered bad form to make anyone else look bad, or to try to make yourself look too good. But if you want to get into the University of Costa Rica your performance on a standardized admissions exam is the only factor determining your admission and your ability to enter the career of your choice. The idea that a university should employ a large number of admissions officers devoted to reading application essays and listening to tapes of students' violin recitals seems downright bizarre...
...Area 4 push was a major factor in the 36 percent rise in arrests for narcotics violations...
Joel Stein's article on the new television shows featuring "buxom female action stars" [TELEVISION, Nov. 8] included a chart that rated the programs according to "jiggle factor." My hope for the next millennium: no one will feel that it is appropriate to use the word jiggle to describe female anatomy in a "news" magazine such as TIME. RACHEL DUNIFON Ann Arbor, Mich...
...numbers add up," said Ohio Republican John Kasich, chairman of the House Budget Committee. Moreover, he asserted, they will continue to add up because of conservative assumptions used to create them. His Senate counterpart, New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, pointed out that those estimates factor in two mild recessions sometime during the next 10 years and include assumptions that "do not contemplate the kind of growth that is actually going to occur." That would imply surpluses even greater than projected--a prospect confirmed by Allen Sinai, chief global economist for Primark Decision Economics, a forecasting firm. Sinai's "baseline" forecast...
HIDDEN EXTRAS Some handhelds require that you buy extra cards to increase memory or other functionality. Before you buy, think hard about what you need, check on the price of options and factor in their costs...