Word: factors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hallock, Wilkinson's defense mate, is the fastest skater among the invaders. In addition, he is clever with his stick, and a considerable factor in both the offensive and defensive schemes of Coach Ramsey...
...important result of the compromises in the committee was that the Democrats agreed not to oppose the bill as a body. So on the floor it will be "non-partisan," with support from both parties and subject only to individual attack. That factor should greatly hasten its passage...
...mention was made of the fertility of these new strains. The mule (donkey and horse), as every one knows, is sterile and cannot reproduce his kind; likewise the "turken" (turkey and chicken) (TIME, Dec. 14, MISCELLANY), the "liger" and "tigon" (lion and tiger hybrids). This factor bears directly upon such hybrids' commercial value. Great would be the fortune of that showman who could advertise an "eleraffe" or "rhinocerdile," whether the animal was sterile or not. Greater would be that showman's fraud, however. It is impossible to cross animals not of the same order or family...
...business slump in 1926. They point out that never in the history of the country has bank credit been so cheap, abundant and apparently sound at the crest-if it is one-of a business boom. In general they believe that our great banking resources are today a stabilizing factor that never existed before in anything like the same degree...
...superior reserve strength of the University hockey team proved the deciding factor in overcoming a hard-fighting Williams defense in the fastest game of the season on the Boston Arena ice last night by a 4 to 1 margin. The Crimson skaters playing alternately ragged and brilliant hockey wiped out a goal lead in the second period with an aggressive attack that netted three tallies in quick succession. By their victory, the University puck men established themselves as dangerous contenders for intercollegiate honors...