Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since this lack of constructive influence is a function of size, the best way to make the library a positive, educational factor is to isolate the one hundred thousand books needed by College students. Such isolation could best be accomplished by construction of an undergraduate Book Center...
...their blood, and not enough of the elements that build bones, teeth and cartilage. Since healing wounds of vitamin C-deficient guinea pigs have "inferior tensile strength, a disposition to gape ... a livid appearance, and a soft consistency," they rupture easily. Lack of vitamin C may also be a factor in causing human peritonitis, for bacteria easily "leak" into an abdominal wound unprotected by healthy, growing tissue. Deficiency of vitamin B hampers restoration of blood-volume after operation; lack of vitamin A may pave the way for mumps, bronchitis, urinary infections, dread post-operative pneumonia...
...fall, he broke into the starting lineup at center in the Tufts game and proved himself by scoring the winning goal. In the Tech game he was the outstanding star, scoring another goal and coming close to several more. "Murphy" has a priceless talent for playmaking which is the factor that makes him a successful pivot man, but neither this nor his accuracy in setting up shots is as obvious to the layman as his speed and agility...
...believes that education is a force powerful enough to go far in annihilating caste barriers. It seems necessary--even if it is trite--to remind him that equality of ability and equality of training do not mean equality of opportunity. Economic power still continues to be a decisive factor in the determination of position...
...want Germany to win the war, but at the same time, understand, I want the United States to stay out of it. So does Germany. Hitler knows the United States will be the deciding factor in a world war, and he also knows we cannot fight on his side, for that reason he wants us out and he is right...