Word: factors
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...explaining their preferences, 44 per cent of the faculty members cited privacy as the deciding factor, and 21 per cent mentioned a desire for a garden area. Another 11 per cent said they wanted more space, and nine per cent said they were motivated by considerable of economy...
...only because of female vanity that Dr. Kistner thought these aging women should have medical help. "Another common consequence of their reduced output of estrogens," he said, "is that intercourse becomes painful. This leads to marital difficulties and is a factor in many cases of philandering by middle-aged husbands. If we can prevent or retard these changes of senescence, we can help to keep the women happier and their husbands as well...
Overworked Steelmen. The Commerce Department reported that inventories generally continue to run at a modern-day low, averaging only $3 worth of goods on the shelves for every $2 worth of monthly sales, and that production rose faster than stockpiles in August. But business psychology-that elusive but important factor in gauging the economy's course-has undergone a subtle change as a result of the auto labor settlements (see Labor). More than 25% of the nation's purchasing agents report that they have started to stock up in expectation of a series of generous wage hikes...
...checking seems in order. The mass of the earth is approximately 6x1024 kilograms. Assuming that the average mass of a human being is 50 kilograms (110 lbs.), then 35 billion people would have a mass of 1.75x1012 kilograms. This differs from the mass of the earth by a factor of 3x1012...
Another prime factor affecting the Negro American's personality is his reaction to oppression, to the prejudice of the majority. Pettigrew sees the origin of many of the standard Negro stereotypes in four different reactions, which he analyzes with great care...