Word: factor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...well-practiced heterosexual and father of four grown offspring, I should like to hazard the guess that a major contributing factor to homosexuality (male and female) in Anglo-American society is the still dominant Pauline ("better to marry than to burn") ethic...
Near Monopoly. One possible factor: Annenberg may have feared trouble with the Federal Communications Commission. His Triangle Publications company owns several television and radio stations, as well as TV Guide, Seventeen magazine, the Morning Telegraph and the Daily Racing Form. Renewal of Triangle's license to operate WFIL-TV in Philadelphia has been opposed by a former Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania, Milton Shapp. He claimed last July that Triangle exercised "a near news monopoly in the Philadelphia area," and that under Annenberg's direction, news had been "censored, omitted, twisted, distorted and used for personal vengeance." Triangle...
...year it took over the Commonwealth Group of four funds, and this spring it started two more, including an "offshore" fund for foreigners. The acquisition of W. H. Morton & Co. and Equitable Securities has given Amexco a strong position in stock and bond underwriting. The company is a major factor in international currency transactions. Every working day the American Express International Banking Corp. buys and sells $100 million in foreign currencies for corporations and individual customers...
...eventually becoming a major profit maker. He nursed the American Express credit-card operation through years of losses while Amexco was spending heavily to promote it. The company now has 3,000,000 cardholders, who charge purchases of $1.3 billion a year, and is by far the biggest factor in the field, though it is being increasingly challenged by the many cards issued by banks...
...European carriers, which dominate the International Air Transport Association, have traditionally argued for higher fares. The U.S. lines have long pressed for reduced rates, figuring that lower fares would attract more customers and ultimately increase profits. But the U.S. lines are a minority within the IATA cartel. Another complicating factor is that many airlines are going through financial turbulence and will soon be faced with paying for the giant 747 jets. U.S. carriers alone are committed to spend $5 billion for new planes and equipment...