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Word: factors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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This year's team ran much closer meets, ekeing out a bare five-point victory over Yale and Princeton in the H-Y-P meet. The decisive factor which made Harvard's hopes look bright for the Intercollegiates, however, was the practice which they received on the hilly Brookline Country Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOSS OF CAPTAIN FORCES HARRIES OUT OF N. Y. MEET | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

Beloved Hooks Burr, then captain of the eleven, was the prime factor in bringing about Haughton's appointment. The present Varsity Club was built in memory of Burr by his family and friends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rules Charged in 1907 to Make Modern Game of Football Because of Drive Against Free-for-All | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

...however, assure you that the passing of "Bloody Monday" took away a something that used to knit the freshmen together as a unit, and it did it at the very start of the four years of college life. Nothing has even remotely replaced it as a cohering factor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football, as an Organized Sport, Ceased to Form Initiation Battle for Freshmen, Knox Explains | 11/13/1935 | See Source »

...flat lay-out along the Charles had given the Mikkolamen no preparation for the gruelling hill-and-dale affair of the Tigermen. This year, however, Coach Jaakko had his men working out on the Brookline Country Club roughs and fairways, building up a stamina which proved the winning factor for the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYFAIR WINS FOR CRIMSON HARRIERS AS RECORDS FALL | 11/12/1935 | See Source »

Front-wheel drive is a safer method of power application than rear drive because the vehicle is pulled around corners, not pushed. Another advantage is reduction in below-the-springs weight, prime factor in riding quality. Unsprung weight in the Cord is about 300 lb. less than it would have been with rear drive. The cumbersome gear lever that protruded from the dash on the old Cords has been replaced with pneumatic shifter controlled from the steering column...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Show | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

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