Word: factors
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...educationally less qualified than those in white ones. Standard achievement tests show that by the sixth grade, a Negro in the metropolitan Northeast is 1.6 grades behind his white counterpart; by the twelfth grade he is 3.3 years behind. Although the survey admits that the home is a key factor in developing the desire to learn, it suggests that desegregation does help. A Negro who has studied in an integrated situation for most of his school career scores an average of nearly two years higher on achievement tests than...
...well-fed computer. "My toughest job," he says, "is to figure out with some precision what the growth of the airline industry is going to be and then to order the right amount and kind of equipment. Profitability lies in a very few points of load factor...
...union's analysis was not far wrong; the small gap between the rival positions is a reflection of how good the appraisal was. But the IAM's calculations left out one factor--federal intervention. As a result of the government's role, both parties have found their bargaining positions frozen: the union can't back down from its demands because of internal politics and external rivalries; management fears that a union victory, which could serve as a model for other labor disputes in the near future, will bring down the wrath...
With 11,000 signatures already in the bag, and five days remaining before the deadline, Adams seems assured of a place on the ballot. Probably the major factor affecting how well he does in the primary will be the progress of the war during the next two months. Right now, according to the latest (July 11) Louis Harris poll, the Administration is riding high. But public support for the Hanoi-Haiphong bombings rests on a hope that they will bring peace. Assuming this not to be the case, the current enthusiasm is likely to dampen somewhat by the middle...
While Craig said the bombing was probably the result of a sense of frustration, Quester suggested the decision was made on a basis of China's inability to retaliate. "The primary factor in our decision to time it at this point was that China would have to put its own house in order before it could effectively deal with a challenger from without." Quester didn't think it had anything to do with U.S. domestic politics, because if Johnson had really wanted to capitalize on the move, he would have waited until the elections were closer...