Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...procedure. Some 1,200 persons were subjected to no less than 94 tests-for aptitude in the arts and sciences, for handling and comprehension of words, even for physical strength and "fancifulness." In all but the last two, Psychologist Spearman found the scores affected by a general factor which he called G. This G appeared to be an innate fund of mental energy, a sort of all-around cerebral handyman at the service of special endeavors and special abilities. Thus a person's proficiency at poker, for example, is the result of his G supply plus his special talent...
...Professor Glen U. Cleeton of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology. He set up elaborate equipment on which 700 motormen were tested for reaction time, coordination, attention, vision, etc. But the results did not account for all the difference between high-accident and low-accident men. An elusive factor in "accident-proneness" seemed to be quirks in the psychic makeup. One motorman had taken $1 from the fares and given it to a passenger whose hand had been caught in the door. When accused of this he had at first denied the facts, then sullenly insisted that...
...currency has been defended against attacks of every kind and now offers increased guarantees for secure investment," crowed Cock Tannery. "No other country possesses such enormous reserves of funds at present hoarded. Although deplorable in itself, this factor, which has been harmful up to the present. may now be turned to use and in the battle against Depression be made to play the role of fresh troops coming into battle and bringing Victory with them...
...married his secretary 15 years ago. His 22-year-old son by his first wife is now a newshawk on the New York American, which frequently derides the validity of Promoter Curley's exhibitions. Convinced by 40 years of experience that this is not a determining factor in their popularity, Promoter Curley says that he has never, to the best of his knowledge and belief, promoted anything dishonest...
Back in London Mr. Savage, bereft of job and money, disappeared forever. Never much of a factor in his wife's accounts of their life, this good Britisher lost what remained of his identity when the former Maria Metten took to pronouncing their name as if it were French. In 1908 Chorus Master Giulio Setti offered her a place at the newly reorganized Metropolitan. She sailed on the same ship with Giulio Gatti-Casazza, says she flirted with him all the way across under the impression he was a fellow artist, "so you can imagine how I felt when...