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Word: factors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tragic factor is that Sir Austen has surrendered the independence of British diplomacy by tying us up with France. The history of 1906 to 1914 is being re written. It is not good for France or Eng land to re-establish any sort of alliance. It would be better to stand shoulder to shoulder, openly, with all the nations of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Plank, Plank, Plank | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

Undoubtedly the execution of the pledges of the campaign managers is fraught with difficulty. National budgets have assumed proportions which, in a sense, defy accuracy: local aid must frequently elude the party ledger; while human fallacy is an ever-present factor. The existing is still far removed from perfection, but if the two National Committees approve, even under the constraint of public opinion, something of a step has been taken in the financial purification of campaigns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PURSES IN POLITICS | 10/9/1928 | See Source »

Bernard White '32 proved to be the outstanding ball carrier on the field, and his shifty running was a big factor in all of Harvard's advances. Vivianno was Andover's best power on the defense, but on the offense he and his team-mates were unable to advance more than a yard or two at a time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1932 ELEVEN TROUNCES ANDOVER | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...part of it came through that port. It is a matter of history and nobody has safely denied it, that the great immigrant population of this country did its full share to build it up, and certainly the great Scandinavian and German immigration to the Northwest was a powerful factor in the upbuilding of this section of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Cause and Effect | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...machine for picking the seeds out of cotton, first invented by Eli Whitney at Savannah, Ga., in 1793, said to have been the largest single factor in the South's success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Georgia Gin | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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