Word: factor
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President Conant also declared that a "dynamic . . . free competitive society which holds promise for the future to large numbers of people" is a strong factor in persuading the U.S.S.R. that it cannot win over the rest of the world to its way of life...
About 85% of the white race have the mysterious Rh factor in their blood. These people are called "Rh-positive." The rest, with no Rh factor, are "Rh-negative." When an Rh-negative woman marries an Rh-positive man, their child may be Rh-positive, inheriting its blood type from the father. The two types of blood are potentially incompatible...
...addition, each student is constantly scrutinized by the authorities in command for evidence of insufficient leadership potential. This concept is probably the most basic factor in governing the West Point mode of life, for character training and development of leadership among its students is the prime end of the Academy...
...theory of how this should be accomplished has been evolved from the experience of the past, and, according to many of West Point's critics, the past is still the dominant factor in the standards striven for. Certainly tradition is present everywhere, and a conscious attempt is made to impress the incoming Plebe with its importance. Not only the collection of battle flags in the Chapel or the many statues and monuments to the dead are there to remind him of "the long, grey line" of Cadets that have preceded him, but such customs as the "Plebe system" itself contribute...
Danzig's confrere, Lincoln A. Werden, hailed "the emergence of Harvard as a topflight team. Entering the contest an unknown factor to most observers, the Crimson ran on its repertoire of plays with a thoroughness and efficiency sufficient to rock the Lions in the first half and then carried out its assignments of newly installed Michigan style of attack so well that it left a determined Columbia eleven for short of a cherished victory...