Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spawned a flock of sidewalk entrepreneurs who rent skates from the backs of vans. But the people who are really cleaning up, besides the equipment suppliers, are rink operators. In fact, they claim that their efforts to scrub up roller skating's image have been a major factor in the sport's success. Says George Pickard, executive director of the Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America, whose membership has grown from 500 to 1,640 in nine years: "We have worked hard to build up the industry and undo the roller derby image...
...factor may be that Jordan has been under a good deal of personal pressure. Soon after he went to Washington, his marriage of eight years began to dissolve. He is now divorced. Last year, his father died...
...world's leading agricultural nations. It is the world's fourth largest producer of sugar and the third biggest rubber exporter. This year Thailand expects to become the world's leading rice exporter. Ironically, the country's farmers remain among the poorest in Asia, a factor that Kriangsak recognizes as a serious threat to internal security. The most oppressive exploiter of the farmer is Bangkok itself, which by government decree keeps the rice price paid to the farmer well below world levels. The "rice premium" has been a favorite tool of Thailand's military rulers...
Eckstein added that the recent departure of seven senior executives dramatized the problems of being a small company. Their departure did not cause the sale, but it was a factor, Eckstein said. The executives left to start their own competing company, he added...
Psychologist Michael Russell thinks the synchronizing factor is odor. In an experiment at San Francisco State University, Russell relied on a colleague named Genevieve, who had a regular 28-day cycle, did not shave under her arms and never used deodorant. He dabbed what he delicately called "Essence of Genevieve" on the lips of five female volunteers three times a week. After four months, he found that the volunteers converged from an average of 9.3 days apart in their cycles to 3.4 days, and four of the women synchronized to within one day of Genevieve's cycle. A control...