Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Weston '38, and Henry D. Wyner '39, claimed that the New Deal has corrected several of the causes of the excesses of the 1929 depression and that its policies have restored confidence in our economic system. Moreover, they argued, the administration's economic program has been a significant factor in the general upturn of business and has done much to aid low wage groups...
...with the idea of picking the best men for the offices, but, as one member of the senior council put it, men were selected who could "get the votes.' In other words, the nominating committee's ideas as tow ho could get the votes seem to be the controlling factor in this election. Therefore, why not dispense with the election entirely and let the nominating committee appoint its favorites without further...
...terrier trotted side by side. Calvin Coolidge's white collie Rob Roy, Katharine Cornell's flop-eared cocker Flush in The Barretts of Wimpole Street started fashions. But from year to year the $75.000,000-per-year dog business finds Westminster's best a prime fashion factor, lor the choice of the No. 1 judge in the No. 1 dog show tends to become the people's choice. Before John Bates made his style-setting choice, the dogs judged best in every breed were pitted against one another in six semifinal contests...
...advent of Anglo-American naval cooperation, Captain Keppler predicted that the combined fleets would easily dominate the seas. "We must remember, however, that the size of a navy isn't the only factor in its effectiveness," he said. "Both Italy and Japan occupy important strategic positions...
...insured the mortgages on 300,000 building units, 60% of all constructed in the U. S. But that was no housing boom and Franklin Roosevelt wants one to help get him out of his Recession. Avowed friend of Labor though he is, he was bound to admit that one factor in deterring home building is the high labor cost, and if the laborer would take a lower daily wage he would get a higher annual wage...