Word: factors
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...witnesses. Espy's acquittal is likely to have further political ramifications: Smaltz's four-year inquiry ran up a $17 million bill. Tack that on to the $40 million spent by Kenneth Starr to pursue Bill Clinton and the "Smaltz investigation is likely to become one more factor that will lead to the demise of the Independent Counsel statute when it expires next year," says Novak...
...momentum were the only factor, Harvard has the advantage. Last weekend's performance, coupled with the recent upset over Boston University, seems to indicate that the Crimson (2-5-1, 0-5-1 ECAC) is poised to turn its season around...
...studied correlations between childhood cruelty to animals and later criminal behavior. While many serial killers were found to have tortured animals as children, she says, she knows of no research that links hunting and violence against humans. "I can't think of any cases where hunting has been a factor." Similarly, Ronald Stephens, director of the National School Safety Center, created in 1984 to study violence in schools, has studied characteristics of children who kill at school, and says flatly that "the notion that anyone who hunts is violent is nonsense ... There is no reason in my view to condemn...
...were doing sting operations and undercover work to increase our presence and knowledge of what goes on," McNamara said. "Whether that was a factor, at this point I don't know...
...report cited weather as a factor that influenced the number of robberies, noting that street thieves historically have stepped up their criminal activities during winter months when darkness sets in early...