Word: factor
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...like T-Pain or Kanye; it just as likely covers up lost singing talent. The android-like drone complements the futuristic sounds of “Womanizer” and “Mannequin,” but its ubiquitous presence soon becomes grating. And without the driving shock factor, milder songs never come together. “Out From Under,” a slow-dance track with sappy lyrics about dreams, ends up sounding like something you’d hear at an 8th grade party. In the sniveling “My Baby,” Britney...
...about killing everybody who gets in their way and never caring about a woman - I'm not going to use bad language here; what's the point? - but you get it. There's no way that's going to be acceptable. So there's a kind of community-regulation factor in early...
Complaints about female condoms are not so different from those about the male version: slippery, noisy, awkward, uncomfortable. "The yuck factor was a problem," Mitchell Warren, executive director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, told the New York Times last year about the device's failure to catch on. Then there's the stigma associated with buying condoms, a topic even The Golden Girls once addressed...
...less polluting products, including ultra-high-performance concrete. Research director Casanova traces the path of innovation back to the 1980s, when the first big gains were made in improving the resistance of concrete. In the two decades since, researchers have figured out how to increase that resistance by a factor of 10. "There's been a very important revolution over the past 20 years, and it's not over," Casanova says...
...murmur approvingly, “He’s/she’s so artsy,” as you saunter past. 5. Non-prescription clear (read: fake) glasses These preferably oversized glasses will instantaneously provide street-cred and up your “cool” factor even if you have 20/20 vision. 4. Shoulder strap bag On a college campus you will be judged by the means with which you lug your books from class to class. Totes are for preps and backpacks are for conformists; go with the sidestrap. Bonus points if you attach a pin that...