For example, Quintana first abstracts a model with 7 major variables.

The other major variable in the race, of course, is Mr. Cuomo.

The other major variable is the rheology of the drilling fluid.

Another major variable is whether Republicans are able, as they were in 2002 and 2004, to make the national security issue work in their favor.

But if you look at just the facts, we are double in every major variable: distribution, ratings, revenues.

Aside from the level of ozone in the air, the major variable in exposure is exercise.

"Speed and mass are our major variables," Bickel said.

Temperature is one of the four major variables under a barista's control.

In the past we sought to monitor and control all the major variables in a business.

So for the time being it would be prudent to treat money as a major variable in our relationship with crime and conformity.