Word: factors
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...issue is at a much larger level, with the fact that a few grapes per person multiplied by everyone here become a large factor," he added. "[Harvard's] purchasing grapes again at an institutional level breaks down the support that the union has worked for decades to build...
According to Litvak, this so-called window error was discovered several years ago. Scientists had previously thought that random error was the only factor to blame for inaccuracies in test results...
...veto, an Administration spokesman explained, included concern that the project might violate the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, that it was a thinly disguised supplement to other Pentagon projects and more logically belonged in the NASA budget. Another--but unspoken--reason, say scientists familiar with the budget debate, is the "giggle factor," the tendency of many in government to scoff at the danger posed by asteroids...
Small classes are one of many variables that make comparison difficult. While kids in the single-sex program benefit from a higher ratio of guidance counselors to students, they may suffer because many of their teachers are green, hired almost straight out of graduate school for this program. Another factor: the program aims to attract underachievers, on the theory that they have the most to gain. To sort through these conflicting elements, the district has hired statistical experts from the University of California, Berkeley...
...also fueled growth for Comair. The carrier's revenues have more than doubled since 1993, the year Comair started flying jets, to $564 million in fiscal 1997. Profits have risen meteorically: last year Comair posted net income of $75.4 million, an increase of 291% from 1993. Passenger-load factor, a critical measure, increased to 55.9% last year, from...