Word: factor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Procurement. The Senators also listened to Symington's plea to hurry up. The time between appropriating the money for airplanes and getting them in operation is a critical factor in any preparedness program...
...decided to kill the pretty illusions that have cost so many millions to maintain. The trouble is, the public began to suspect that Hollywood glamor was synonymous with loose living. Some moviemen believe that this suspicion, deepened by the congressional Red hunt last fall, is a factor in the current box-office slump...
...than by the increase of American interference in the form of letters to relatives, suggested return of pre-Fascist colonies, and speeches by the American Ambassador. The success of this group, working in every parish through Cardinals and priests to get out the vote, may well be the deciding factor in the election, since the apathetic votes represent the potential supporters of the de Gasperi party. The Pope has firmly said that all Catholics must vote, but that no Catholic can vote Communist. His word is carried throughout the Church and emphasized with threats of thunderbolts and damnation...
Randolph demanded abolition of all racial discrimination in the armed services and under U.M.T. He minced no words: "To the rank-&-file Negro in World War II, Hitler's racism posed a sufficient threat for him to submit to the Jim Crow Army abuses. But this factor ... is not present in the power struggle between Stalin and the U.S. . . . Since we cannot obtain an adequate congressional forum for our grievances, we have no other recourse...
...having seating lists next fall will be those composed mostly of Freshmen and Sophomores, such as History 1 or Geography 1. Kennedy was unable yesterday to state just what criteria will be used to classify any course beyond the fact that percentage of enrollment will "probably be the deciding factor...