51.   If this is the final season of the John Mackovic era at Texas, yesterday might have been the deciding factor leading to his dismissal.

52.   In contrast to the situation at other labels, money was rarely a deciding factor.

53.   In such equivocal cases, temperament is often a deciding factor, as it was for Ms. Genaux.

54.   In such an instance, senators in both parties said, moderate Republicans would be a deciding factor.

55.   In tight races around the country involving women candidates for governor, they could be the deciding factor.

56.   In the end, that may be the deciding factor in whether the no-tolerance atmosphere toward terrorism pushes a particular conflict toward negotiation or war.

57.   Indeed, a killer line can be a deciding factor.

58.   It will likely be the deciding factor in whether he is found liable of wrongful death and fined some unspecified amount of money that could ruin him financially.

59.   Joan A. Cusack, chairwoman of the state Crime Victims Board, said the condition of police officers should be the deciding factor.

60.   Kris Van Meteren, executive director of the conservative Kansas Republican Assembly, thinks money was the deciding factor.