Hurley's ties to the Blue Devils played a factor with White, whose father, Kevin White, is the AD at Duke.

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Hurley's ties to Duke played a factor with White.

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But there is also the visibility factor to consider - white balls can be notoriously difficult for fielders and batsmen to see in certain light conditions.

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According to exit polls at the state's Democratic primary in 2008, race was an important factor for a fifth of white voters.

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It's a trend White House aides have taken careful note of, and it has become a factor in their approach to dealing with presidential initiatives and how they are covered by the White House press corps.

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We are also expecting the GTi range to appeal to female gadget fans more than ever due to the stunning slim designs, fashionable white touchscreens and the handy "handbag sized" form factor.

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While that difference used to be attributed mostly to race, education seems to be the determining factor now: as recently as 1990, only 10% of the births to white women with some postsecondary education but no college degree were outside of marriage.

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But if we don't capitalize on the opportunity our public schools offer to manage this huge influx, if America walks away from its public schools because they're no longer full of white faces, then you can simply multiply all the problems I've laid out by a factor of five.

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Striegel-Moore says one of the African-American women she studied who suffered from an eating disorder felt she had shamed her race by having a white woman's disease, but concern over appearance, the professor says, is only one contributing factor.

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