Word: factors
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...they were, after all, girls, and (b) they were on average a good deal smarter than we were. The mystery was cleared up for me many years later by my wife, who suggested that the source of the attitude was probably (b), although (a) might have been a contributing factor...
Rooms in the houses, which tended to be organized in large, airy suites containing bathrooms, were considered more desirable than housing at Radcliffe, where rooms were often on a long hallway with communal bathrooms. Because of the comfort factor, as well as the considerable distance between the academic buildings and the Quad, many women were anxious to move to the river...
Restic was the head coach of the Hamilton Tiger Cats and was well-known for his innovative offensive theories. That reputation was the determining factor in his hiring...
...driven performer, Wachner, 50, rose from a bra-and-girdle buyer at Macy's to head cosmetics giant Max Factor. In 1986 she masterminded a hostile buyout at Warnaco and took the company public in 1991. As a mogul, she helicopters from her Park Avenue headquarters to a mansion in the Hamptons, New York's summer-resort community. As a manager, Wachner once made a FORTUNE roster of "Toughest Bosses" for her low tolerance for underperformers. "You'd better start firing people," the magazine quoted her telling a newly arrived executive, "so they'll understand you're serious...
Some astronomers oppose any immediate defensive preparations, citing the high costs and low odds of a large object's striking Earth in the coming decades. But at the very least, Shoemaker contends, NEO detection should be accelerated. "There's this thing called the 'giggle factor' in Congress," he says. "People in Congress and also at the top level in NASA still don't take it seriously. But we should move ahead. It's a matter of prudence...