Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much talked-of Czechoslovakian motion picture, this department is quite puzzled over the storm of moralistic indignation which the film has aroused. Produced several years ago and presented frequently in Europe, it has yet to enjoy a regular run in America and it is assumed that the inhibiting factor has been fear of censorship. So intriguing was the delectable advance whisper that the opening night attracted a large and urgent through, forcing the management to give an extra performance to satisfy the demands of an art-seeking populace...
Water transportation is the most important single factor in J. & L. economy. A stanch supporter of inland waterways development, the company pioneered in shipping steel by river in the early 1920's, now has a fleet of 250 barges, six tugs, plying the waters of the Mississippi River basin. On an average, J. & L. dispatches two tows per month, each loaded with 10,000 tons of finished steel destined for Southern and Southwestern markets. Export steel is transshiped at New Orleans. Water transportation saves J. & L. as much as $4,000,000 per year...
...courses now provide fairly complete, but not overlapping coverage of the field. Although care is to be exercised a student concentrating in Philosophy has no difficulty correlating it to any other non-scientific field, and the preparation for divisionals is not too arduous since tutorial work is the chief factor in the final grade...
...French champion Normandie, "Largest and Fastest Liner in the World." The Queen Mary is of roughly the same size as the 160,000-horsepower Normandie but of 40,000 greater horsepower. Hull designs of the two superships are sufficiently different to make horsepower not necessarily the decisive factor. Obviously the speed trials of the Queen Mary late this month off Ireland will be an international sporting event of first magnitude. Aboard for these Irish trials will be King Edward, members of his entourage sensationally hinted last week...
...would indubitably be a hardship; but the sacrifice of this small minority seems the least possible one for the good of the whole. Beef athletes are no more desired in predominance than brain athletes. Harvard points to the well rounded man, and a complete Athletic Association is an important factor in developing...