Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...score was 1 to 1 at the end of the period, despite the fact that the Crimson was passing well, easily forcing play into the offensive zone. The missing factor was accurate shooting; for, time after time, a Crimson wing swerved around the defense only to miss the cage with his shot...
...pulling so that their masters could get a replacement for a missing tooth. Now Dentist Ernest M. Pafford of Phoenix, Ariz, has carried the idea to its technological conclusion: wisdom teeth and a few front teeth extracted from patients needing whole dentures are tagged for blood type and Rh factor, then preserved indefinitely in a deep-frozen tooth bank. When a tooth is transplanted, it is first held in place by a blood clot in a carefully made socket in the recipient's jaw. Discomfort usually passes off in about 18 hours, and the tooth's tiny blood...
...second determining factor in the decrease, they said, may be this year's earlier deadline for accepting applications. These are now due by Jan. 15, a month earlier than previously...
...drawing the plans, the students, all in their third year of graduate school, were allowed freedom in determining many features of the House, regardless of cost, the prime factor limiting the feasibility of the plans...
...have three main grievances concerning this affair," Coolidge said. "A matter of political affiliations should not be a factor in this case; I have not had an opportunity to clear my record; and I feel that the whole matter has been handled in a most ungentlemanly and unfortunate fashion...