Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lord Han shouted: ''I will have no part in such treachery!" as taking bribes from Japan, but Mr. Steele knows his War Lords, chose to stress as the most important Shantung factor the arrival of so many Nanking troops in the province that it was doubtful last week whether Han remained sufficiently master of his province so that he could choose whether to sell out. The Nanking troops had not come fresh and forward into Shantung from Central China but were retreating into it last week from the North, badly disorganized by the Japanese punishment they have taken...
...good scores go above it. That would require some scores below zero-an absurdity. He also charges that Dr. Rhine evaluates only favorable scores, ignoring others; that he pays no attention to the internal inconsistency of his results; that the presence of sensory cues or some other extraneous factor is indicated by higher scores when conditions are such that the chance of such factors being present is greater. Concluded Dr. Kellogg: ''Concerning the theories, no comment need be made at present. We would suggest that they be held in reserve until such time as it may be known...
Congratulations on your excellent article! "Fosdick's First" is almost perfect. May I add one factor that, perhaps, would make your write-up more complete? I make this suggestion believing it is due the Rockefellers to mention this interest of theirs. I refer to their very generous appropriations over a period of years to Negro education, which work your splendid article did not mention...
...made a special appropriation of over $6000 for the complete reconstruction of the landing dock at the Weld Boat Club, and the work is practically finished there. Finally a duplicate cable has been laid to provide electrical service to the area north of Kirkland Street, as an additional safety factor. So it has been a busy summer for the University, and students will find upon their return to Cambridge that most of the jobs that have been hanging fire for many years have now been cleaned...
...last week of July 1914, when the U. S. was still as isolated journalistically as it was politically, the threat of war in Europe was not even considered a contributing factor in the stockmarket's desultory decline. Then the unthinkable happened. In swift succession the great European markets closed their doors, and the selling of an entire world, hysterically trying to convert securities into cash, concentrated on the New York Stock Exchange. Bravely the governors announced their determination to keep open, but on the morning of July 31, after one look at the overnight accumulation of selling orders, they...