Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ghost. Montedison's stagnation is not the only reason that ENI and I.R.I, moved in. Another factor was last May's general elections, which resulted in a shift to the left and new government pressures for greater program-mazione, or central economic planning. What promoted the move more than anything else was a feud between Montedison's Valerio and Eugenio Cefis, 47, boss of ENI. Cefis was convinced that Italian firms, in order to fare better in foreign markets, had to "coordinate" their sales abroad in a kind of cartel arrangement. Valerio seemed more interested in competing...
This regrettable lack of restraint was especially evident on the gridiron. Dunster and Lowell Houses, apparently trying to match Harvard's rout of Bucknell, scored 53 and 59 points against Winthrop and Kirkland Houses respectively. Biggest factor in the Lowell triumph was quarterback Joel Cantrick, who threw five scoring passes...
...there is another possibility. If a Nixon Administration failed to defuse the law-and-order issue promptly, the fears and animosities that have made George Wallace a potent factor this year could well intensify, making the radical right a relatively durable force. Polarization of the far right and the liberals could make for a Republican regime of short, unhappy duration...
...factor that may work in Dubček's favor developed last week in Budapest, where Soviet party leaders reluctantly agreed to postpone the worldwide Communist Party conference scheduled for next month. The reason was all too obvious: Moscow's treatment of Czechoslovakia had infuriated a large number of the prospective delegates. Only last spring, Soviet delegates had enough clout in Budapest to win approval of the summit. Now, led by the Italians, Dubček sympathizers threatened to put Moscow on trial at the summit-and the Kremlin was not ready to submit to that...
...slippery astro-turf is an unknown factor that will hinder passing coordination between the offense and the defense and may turn the game into a slipshod affair where freak goals make the difference...