Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mortars of a few years ago, the Communists-both Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars-are now equipped with increasingly sophisticated and effective weapons, particularly long-range rockets. Their introduction has drastically changed the strategic situation and presented the U.S. and the South Vietnamese with a new and troublesome factor...
...that many colleges will adopt a policy of dissociation similar to the one approved by the B.U. faculty this winter. This possibility arises partly from the increased sensitivity to the military presence on the campuses since the beginning of the Vietnam war. But that is not the most important factor, and even without the war it is quite conceivable that many colleges would soon be trying to reduce the official status enjoyed by ROTC on their campuses...
...final factor is Ted Kennedy. The men on the Hill resent his quick rise to power, his avoidance of the state Party, and his identification with the Yankees rather than the Irish. Ted would naturally seem able to use his influence as a U.S. Senator to help get the Library built. In fact he has no influence on Beacon Hill...
...major factor in many states, either by statute or practice, is fault. Knowing this, lawyers for both husband and wife commonly dig up and expose the most sordid details of the opponent's private life, to try to prove one party "guiltier" than the other. A man shown to have been having an affair is often "punished" by a judge's harsh alimony award, whether or not his ex-wife has plenty of money of her own. Conversely, an adulteress may get nothing, even though her resources...
...common error lies in the assumption that the resolve of a small group of men is the main factor that determines the success or failure of a revolution. The U.S. seeks to demoralize such people everywhere by defeating their counterparts in Vietnam, while the Chinese, fearful of the same result, do what they can to prevent such a defeat. It is an irony of history that Americans and Chinese, representing radically different ideologies, should labor under the same misconception...