Word: factor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sociability appeared as the main influence in making choices, with more than a third of the 222 students explaining their preferences by the number of friends they expect to find in the House. Location proved a major factor in exactly half of the decisions, with other reasons based on food, athletics, facilities, and as one Freshman explained, "bathtubs...
...economic aid for China, and $100 million for military assistance, it simultaneously kicked China's government publicly in the teeth. Said the report: "Ineptitude in military leadership and corruption among army commanders has contributed largely to the lowered morale of the Chinese government troops. ... An important psychological factor is the lack of popular confidence in the Chinese government...
This last factor should be far more important to you than any of the physical attractions of a particular House. If you are accepted by a House where you can find friends--both in your own class and in those ahead of you--you've probably made the best choice possible...
League competitor says Coach Samborski, will be no pushover. He predicts a close race all the way through, with pitching the deciding factor. But Samborski is not too concerned with the long run outlook. All he wants to do at the moment is find a starting nine for the season's start with Johns Hopkins, at the end of the month...
Although many of us remain opposed to the inadequate and self-defeating Truman doctrine, it is unfortunate for us to see it twisted by Prof. Matthiessen as to appear the most important contributing factor to Masaryk's suicide. I am sure Masaryk had far less confidence in the "broad representation" manifest in this new "democracy" than has Matthiessen, or else Masaryk need not have died to protest...