Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Another factor working actively against Goldwater is that he has turned out to be a moody and mediocre campaigner. He has shown little sense of timing in presenting political issues, little feeling for what crowds are important, and a mercurial humor that varies from day to day. As one commentator put it, "Mr. Goldwater does not succeed as well as most candidates in conveying complete delight in being with every crowd...
Agitation on the part of Custro inspired elements was a significant factor in causing the riots, Barghoorn said, pointing out that the mobs which burned cars and buildings were egged on by sound trucks. Since the original student demonstration was orderly, he thought the violence which followed was in part instigated by Castroites, who took advantage of a long-standing emotional situation...
...pocketbooks and their desire for change. He broadened G.M.'s line by creating the medium-priced Pontiac and by extending Chevrolet further into the low-priced field. He then inaugurated the most unbeatable auto-selling gimmick of them all: the annual model changeover. It quickly became a key factor in spurring the growth of the market...
They quickly agreed-but one may have made a mistake. For Wisconsin is one state in which Rockefeller might be favored to beat Goldwater. A big factor: Wisconsin law allows the crossing of party lines in its primary voting. Thus a good many Democrats could be expected to vote in the Republican primary-and conservative Goldwater is hardly a Democratic hero. But Rocky-attributing either too much cynicism or too much sophistication to Wisconsin Democrats-figured it another way: he feared Democrats might vote for Goldwater on the theory that Barry would be the easiest Republican candidate for President Johnson...
...though it cultivates twice as much farm land, Khrushchev insists: "Yields don't depend upon the system. It's merely a matter of the U.S.'s producing more mineral fertilizer." Fertilizer, for so long the essential ingredient of barnyard humor, has become a vital factor in the economic cold war, and Khrushchev has launched a costly crash program to quadruple Russia's output of plant food...