Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says space has become a factor in deciding whether to solicit and accept new collections. "Now that we're well enough known that people come to us with material, we have to be more selective than we used to be. We're acutely aware of space problems, and often have to direct the collections elsewhere," she comments. However, she adds, the library has not become crowded enough to necessitate another building...
Independence, Tish believes, has been the single most important factor in changing American manners in the past decade. "Women have discovered that they can live alone without crumbling," she says. "More men are living alone and not crumbling. A woman can entertain marvelously and tend the bar and make just as good drinks as when she had a husband making the drinks. And a man can get out in the kitchen and do a gourmet dinner that will impress anybody...
...biggest factor behind that phenomenon has been the rise of two-income families, in which neither spouse has much time to spend prowling through stores. Other converts to catalogues are affluent singles and childless couples whose active working and social lives similarly leave little room for shopping. To reach these busy big spenders, retailers are increasingly resorting to the mails, and the result has been an explosion not only in the number of catalogues but also in the variety of goods that can be bought through them...
...extra two games may well have been a key factor in the erratic play of top teams during the season's opening month, since the preseason schedule was cut to four games instead of the customary six. Many players found it difficult to get into shape during the truncated exhibition season, and coaches were unable to groom second-stringers or work the kinks out of new plays. Says Oakland Raider Coach John Madden: "In the past we would plan on playing Ken Stabler, for example, twelve quarters in preseason. Over six games, that would mean he'd play...
Temperatures dropped below zero with the wind chill factor, and light snow flurries made the course treacherously slippery, making the race a miserable affair for the 241 individual competitors...