Word: factoring
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...major factor is the altered character of the Communist challenge. By every indicator, Russia's two-headed leadership is cautious and conservative, having learned from the ignominious failure of Khrushchev's scary brinkmanship in Cuba. The result has been warily negotiated agreements with the U.S. on the peaceful use of outer space, reciprocal establishment of consulates, and the basis for a treaty restricting the spread of nuclear weapons. Equally significant, Russia and the East European Communist regimes have begun to abandon "command" economics. While certainly not decreeing instant free enterprise, they are taking into account the desires...
...Russian detente. The relaxation operates on the other side as well. More and more, the satellite nations of Eastern Europe are asserting their independence of Moscow and reaching out toward their old neighbors in the West-and the U.S. is doing its best to encourage them. A big factor in this movement is a growing awareness among the satellites that conventional Communism-particularly when applied to an overall scheme designed chiefly to benefit the mother country-simply does not work as an economic system. The breakup began with Rumania's refusal to accept Russian directions at the 1961 COMECON...
...Guarantee. Even more of a problem is the fact that disturbed people who believe their own fantasies continue to do so even under truth drugs-a factor that also is known to produce unreliable results on polygraph (lie detector) tests. The Kennedy assassination, of course, holds particular fascination for many such individuals. Houston Psychiatrist C. A. Dwyer says that he knows of 15 people in his city alone who have spun incredible tales about the assassination (one tells of having seen Jacqueline Kennedy give Lee Harvey Oswald money), adds that some of them would probably give much the same accounts...
...Speed is an essential factor in pro ball,' he told us and asked us to go down to Harvard Stadium at 9 a.m. the next morning so he could time us. Well, I was a little late and by the time I arrived Steve and Dave had already been clocked once for 40 yards. I wasn't quite awake yet and I wanted to make sure I was loose, so I started these exercises we use in track. Dave told me later that the scout, watching impatiently half-way down the field, quietly remarked. 'This kid's a real showboat...
Related to the idea of a moratorium is a factor that we have noticed about the Harvard environment, that of freedom. Apart from academic de- Vocational Interests with the Highest Average Mean Score for Harvard Class of 1964 and 1965, Senior Year: 1. Musician (performer) 40.6 2. Librarian 40.3 3. Psychologist 40.1 4. Author-journalist 37.5 5. Psychiatrist 36.7 6. Lawyer 36.6 7. Public administrator 35.6 8. Social worker 35.6 9. Rehabilitation counselor 34.6 10. Physician 34.4 11. Biologist 33.9 12. Music teacher 33.6 13. Advertising man 33.4 14. Artist...