Word: factors
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...primary factor for pre-meds to consider when choosing which courses they should take to meet medical school requirements is often their high school background in the respective field...
...team's enthusiasm, which members say was a major factor in the outcome of the meet, also sprang from wins in the medley relay, a freshmen sweep of the 200 butterfly with Pia Chock and Kirra Brandon and a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 freestyle by Iwahara, Stringfellow and junior Jocelyn Ludwick...
...likely event that Kaczynski is convicted, the defense's plan is to wait for the sentencing phase of the trial and raise his mental condition as a mitigating factor. His brother and mother will then take the stand and tell how his aberrant behavior goes all the way back to childhood. With a little bit of luck, the jury may show some mercy. Kaczynski will probably not like all the talk about mental illness then any more than he does now. But at that point his lawyers will be engaged in a last-ditch effort to save his life. Their...
...lawlessness, however, is simply a part of Mexico's wider emergency. Much of the violence stems from uncontrolled drug trafficking and the economic crisis of 1994, from which the country is recovering, but not fast enough. The erosion of the 70-year P.R.I. stranglehold on power is another big factor, similar to the crime wave that blossomed in Russia after the collapse of communism. Until Mexico's new democracy builds effective judicial institutions--and that may take a generation or more--thugs can run amuck. "Criminals were practically licensed under the P.R.I.," says Roy Godson, a national-security expert...
There was no question in anybody's mind when the four of us sat down that it was time to go," agrees Alexander. Richards says the sheer exhaustion involved in making the labor-intensive show was a factor: "I've been taking note of how everyone was working and the difficulties of maintaining the show each week. It was becoming work, real work, and we were losing our sense of play. After 12 episodes, Jerry was weary. To think about coming back and doing another year--he doubted he could. And he never wanted that weariness to affect the show...