Word: factoring
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...color. Once the viewer perceives this equivalence, he is able to see an oscillating dynamism take hold of the picture. The white lines wiggle and the bounding stripes continuously exchange roles with the bounded stripes. The repetition of trapezoids becomes mesmerizing and the number of rings becomes an important factor in the painting. The fascination is like ripples in a pond. And like movement in nature, the movement in Stella's best (blatently denatured) pictures encourage contemplation...
Maxim number three, and the most important, is that the major factor in Derby handicapping is the distance. A mile and a quarter is a gruelling route, and at this time of year there have been no major races for three-year olds at this distance. One must search to find a horse who can travel ten furlongs without suffering a coronary along...
...Hardly anyone had a legitimate protest to offer. In the House debate on the medicare bill, Iowa Republican H. R. Gross forced Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and floor manager for the measure, to admit that he had "overlooked" a relatively small cost factor. No matter. Without amendment, the House passed the bill by a vote of 313 to 115, and at the announcement of the tally Democrats rose to their feet with a great shout. Speaker John McCormack rushed up to Mills, grabbed his hand and cried: "Congratulations, my dear friend. Magnificent...
...factor in the success of last year's varsity was the scoring punch added by the midfield, but this year's attack may not receive that backing. Only Dexter Newton and Larry Palmer have returned from the first two midfields, and they have yet to develop into real scoring threats. Although Jan Bollinger, Bruce Caputo, and Mike Leahy are three other lettermen, the man who will probably join these two in the first line is a junior who hasn't played in two years. A series of concussions halted his freshman career, but Harry Van Oudenallen has now received medical...
Nevertheless, such Democratic victories are generally explained by the "coattails factor." But if the coattails theory is correct, then Republican Governors ought to have been driven from office in large numbers...