Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...factor in Estes Kefauver's spectacular victory was the difference that Minnesota Democrats found in the two candidates. In Adlai Stevenson many Minnesotans saw a precise talker without much to say, a philosophizer whose philosophy did not clearly emerge-a man they did not really like or even understand. In Estes Kefauver they saw a big, friendly, folksy politician whose comfortable generalities were easy to take and whose warm hand was easy to shake. As reporters combed over the bones of the Minnesota contest, one voter after another spoke of Kefauver as "a down-to-earth...
...trip will also serve to straighten out the rankings of the various players. It should decide the top three positions between Dale Junta, Brooks Harris, and Ham Graven, and unsnarl the tangle of players fighting for positions four through ten. Also a vital factor will be the decision on the arrangement of doubles combinations...
...died of disease were shipped to be boiled down for tallow, feed and fertilizer. At this plant, out of 32 employees, 24 became ill, a dozen hospitalized. At other plants there were 29 cases. Two died, but State Epidemiologist Samuel B. Osgood would only say that ornithosis was "a factor" in their deaths...
...duites and petty details are shunted aside, there remains a heavy schedule of conferences, reading, and recommendations. Even if the president is left only the largest and most important decisions to make, he will still be subject to the mental strain and worry that is frequently considered a contributing factor in coronary heart disease...
This judging problem arises not only because the home team is required to provide the officials for the meet. There is another factor: more and more fast swimmers are appearing and are creating close races. As in track, the human eye is having increasing difficulty in as signing places at the finish...