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Word: factors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...factor playing in Harvard's favor is surrogate home-field advantage. Since host USC wants a Pepperdine loss in the first round, the Trojan faithful will be pulling for the Crimson...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Draws Waves | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...production, including scheduling pressures and the maturity of its work force. If there's any consolation for both companies, it's that they probably have a little breathing room before things really start to close in. Satellite makers know that space flight is a tricky business, and they must factor in a 5% to 10% launch-failure rate. And hitching a ride into space aboard some other country's rocket is not easy. Russia knows the space game, but federal quotas limit the number of U.S. satellites that can ride Russian rockets. Europe's Ariane provides a far better alternative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Is Rocket Science! | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...then, of course, there's always the Matt Damon factor for the Mass Ave store...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When One Is Not Enough: Local Stores Square Off with Double Locations | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

Owner Mallory Slate says the two stores are "carbon copies," and convenience is "absolutely" the only factor that would lead a consumer to choose one store over the other...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When One Is Not Enough: Local Stores Square Off with Double Locations | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

...want to tromp all the way to the multi-prestidigiplex to get squeezed out by a bunch of geeks dressed up like Boba Fett -- on a Thursday afternoon in June. Oh, most of us will see it eventually, although the early intimidation factor could make "Titanic" a tough tub to catch. The betting here is that all those other movies whose schedulers were so worried about going up against Lucas's Memorial Day Dominator are going to do quite well. And when we do see it, we'll probably come out of it a little dazed and a little disappointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Star Wars': All Hyped Up and Ready to Roll | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

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