Word: factors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worse. Finally the family doctor, a first class physician, was called. He did not criticise the parents for calling the other. He simply said: "Dr. Jones knows something about the disease he thinks is afflicting little Freddie ; but he doesn't know Freddie." And Freddie was an important factor in the case. Honi soit qui mal y pense. Perhaps Mr. Hibben knows much, very much, about the weakness he ascribes to Henry Ward Beecher; he certainly does not know Mr. Beecher...
...better club unquestionably won. Good pitching by Pitchers Wilcey Moore and George Pipgrass, marvelous pitching by Pennock, the two Ruthian home-runs and the sustained New York attack were too much for the National League team. But the factor that made the series almost a farce? the factor that enabled the Yankees to run off four consecutive victories (a feat previously performed by only the Boston National League club in 1914) was not so much New York pitching, or New York hitting. It was "errors-by?," errors by Pittsburgh...
Carlton is concentrating in the History and Literature of the Rennaisance, generally considered to be one of the most difficult fields in the College. The amount of time necessary to fulfill the requirements of this field, it is understood, is the chief factor which has induced Carlton to give up his managerial duties...
...varied. The pounding of the heavy seas, rain, and the warm Gulf Stream which meets the Labrador cur- rent on the Banks, all contribute to the gradual erosion of the huge ice mountains. Warm heavy fogs rising from the mixture of warm and cold water are a big factor in the slow decay of the bergs...
Burns' chief recommendation is his speed. One of the leading short distance sprinters in the University, he shows up to even greater advantage on the gridiron than on the track. In an open, speedy system of attack Burns might well prove a valuable factor. Whether or not his field judgement would qualify him to direct Crimson football fortunes through the important encounters of the season is a question which time alone can decide...