Word: factor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time is ripe today for America to take her part in the world as a power and as a deciding factor. In no better way can she do this than to assume a mandate over Turkey, to bring order from chaos, and to develop the rich lands that lie practically untouched in Asia Minor...
...Tournament of Roses had its beginning in 1888 when the Valley Hunt Club gave a program of sports, races, games and displays of Spanish horsemanship. At that time sports were the predominating factor of the day, but soon the procession of flowers was instituted, and for many years the tournament has combined these two elements, the flower procession in the morning and the sports in the afternoon...
...Club of New York City, tells a significant story of a brilliant college graduate who was offered a position involving statistical work in a large plant. Once at work, "Dean, the graduate in question, showed a flash of real brilliancy in analyzing the operations of two departments. The unfortunate factor was that in getting his data Dean antagonized every man he met. His sense of 'superiority,' his inability to handle other men or to mix with them, his continual complaints, oral and written, to his immediate superior and to the head of the business; all made him about as popular...
...competitive work required consists mainly in securing subscriptions and advertisements, with general business efficiency as a recognized factor. Men in this competition not only come in intimate contact with undergraduate life, but gain a large amount of practical experience from their business relations with firms in Boston, New York and other cities. Men elected business editors compete in their Junior year for the position of business manager...
...such throngs of men made use of the various facilities for recreation as this year. Although in the past no definite records of the attendance at all the gymnasiums have been kept, yet the arrangements of dove-tail schedules made necessary this fall indicate the pressure for space. One factor, however, there is this year which has never before existed and that is the Physical Training Department with compulsory physical exercise for Freshmen...