Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...East-of-Suez Factor...
...innocent unawareness of the tourist's presence. This is partly because tourists are so few against the whole teeming scale of U.S. life, and partly because in the U.S. subconscious, international tourism still means "we go" more than "they come." And even as it becomes the most important factor in the G.N.P., the U.S. service industry-salesmen, waiters, barbers, policemen, drivers, pilots, hotelkeepers-is still struggling psychologically to accept its role in dealing with tourists. Catering is not quite yet to the American taste, and the service trades are not much attuned to the insecurities of diffident, inarticulate foreigners...
...organisms reproduce slowly by cell division, microbiologists used to think that it would take a long time for drug-resistant strains to multiply and populate a hospital. Not so, indicates recent research. In addition to cell divi sion, these bacteria have a second way of passing on their "R factor" (drug resistance). When they cuddle up close to other bacteria, the R factor is transmitted by means of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which bears chemical instructions on how to survive in the presence of antibiotics. After that, the newly resistant bacteria reproduce the usual way, by cell division...
...Supreme Court undeniably functions as a political beast at times, stepping only so far as the climate will permit. Such considerations have been the major factor in stalling a decision on HUAC's constitutionality since one was first sought fifteen years ago. Also the present investigation -- in which an actual piece of legislation is involved for a change -- is not the best for the ACLU's purposes...
...times faster than the population." In fact, most crimes have always been committed by persons aged 18 to 24; the 1945 "war baby" boom has increased that age group by 25% across the country. Lejins argues that the FBI should at least acknowledge the increase as a key factor in "rising crime." So far, the FBI has kept the matter under advisement...