Word: factor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just thinking[1]...that without the factor of race, last week's big dustup over Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle would have been seen as much ado about nothing.[2] The only reason anyone cared whether Barnicle, a white male, had recycled--without attribution--a few one-liners from comedian George Carlin was that only a few weeks ago another Globe columnist, Patricia Smith, a black female, had been forced to resign for making up stories...
...There's more than just the Veep's enviro-mania and the "gee, isn't it hot" factor at work here. Higher temperatures are cited as evidence of global warming, which equals a good reason for the Senate to pass the meager emissions-cut treaty hammered out -- with Gore's help -- at Kyoto. In more immediate terms, warmer weather also means more disease. The World Health Organization is already reporting a jump in the number of malaria cases, not to mention cholera and the deadly hantavirus. All the more reason for Gore to ride the El Nino bandwagon...
...Tanzania of three groups of foreign nationals appears, at this stage, to be a speculative sweep. On the positive side, unlike the frustrating investigation into the 1996 attack on U.S. personnel in Saudi Arabia, officials believe that local authorities will more fully cooperate. But perhaps the most important factor is Washington's unimpeachable record of persistence -- the U.S. has never closed the file on a terrorist case...
...light of these market trends, Microsoft is shifting its development focus to a new breed of device that blends the power of a PC with the ease of use and gee-whiz factor of a consumer electronics gadget. Gates, in fact, says the executive changes will allow him to spend more time with his nerdy brethren, working on "architectural breakthroughs" for such devices, including TV set-top boxes, smart phones and tablet computers...
...former French marine was quoted on Sunday as saying his high-speed driving might have been a major factor in the car crash that killed Princess Diana and two others last year. François Levistre, 54, told Britain's Sunday People newspaper (no relation to PEOPLE magazine): "Thinking about it carefully, I now understand how I could have helped cause the crash. I was close behind the car, as much as 10 meters, and my driving may have caused it to swerve and lose control." Levistre, a truck driver by profession, said that last Aug. 31 he was speeding...