Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Human Factors. Among lawyers and judges, alimony abolishment is considered obviously too drastic. But there is widespread agreement on one major reform: replacing guilt by need as the operative factor in determining how much an ex-wife should receive...
Despite predictions to the contrary. Dave Newmark--the 7-0 papa Lion--started in the pivot. Favoring his injured ankle, Newmark got into early foul trouble, and was not a major physical factor, although he might have had some psychological influence in the victory...
...conventional wisdom of the traffic safety field. Repeatedly the institutions that have encouraged this belief have been challenged to produce acceptable evidence that it is so. Just as repeatedly the challenge has been ignored. Although the use of alcohol by drivers is known to be the chief factor in the initiation of fatal crashes, this constant emphasis on the culpability of drivers probably has the effect of lessening anxiety about the driving task: if accidents are the fault of drivers, then the individual has some control over his future. The gods of the highway punish only those who behave badly...
Gurry's crunching style of play has marked him as a key factor in Harvard hockey future. A good rusher and puck handler, he has "all the attributes of a top-flight defenseman," according to Weiland...
...major factor in making government workers more and more restive is the obvious difference between the rewards in the private sector and those in the public. Government pay scales often run below those paid by private industry. In Detroit, for instance, the median private hourly wage was $2.04 in 1955-against $1.79 for government workers. By 1967, the gap had widened: $3.49 to $3.09. Not many employees any longer consider it a privilege to work for the government. The job security of civil service has lost considerable point in a boom economy, where the demand for labor outstrips the supply...