Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other key factor in the victory was the Crimson's tenacious defense. Playing a two-three sone with Scully, Augustine, and AI Bornheimer alternating out front, the Crimson consistently pilfered Dartmouth passes and bottled up Spahn, who led the league in scoring last season. When he was able to get off one of his notorious 30 foot bombs Spahn was usually under duress. In addition to waving hands the Dartmouth shooters were also subjected to the constant chirping of Augustine as he covered his area of the sone...
...building] has a protection factor of four or better, which means the shelter is 100 to 149 times safer than the outside, and can hold 40 people, it is [considered] a fallout shelter," explained Tonis...
...That Glitters. Now a major factor in the financing of Hong Kong's foreign trade. Hang Seng each year handles exchange transactions involving $200 million in U.S. currency. At the same time, many of its clients are Southeast Asian businessmen who are free to do business with Red China. (Since Hang Seng deals with the U.S., it cannot itself, under U.S. Treasury regulations, have dollar dealings with Peking.) Through a maze of companies as intricate as an ancient Chinese ivory carving. Hang Seng's chiefs move quickly in and out of speculations in everything from autos and duck...
After that, the battle of the bloomers was a cinch. The WAVES and WAFS wanted their exercise uniforms blue, the WACS and Lady Marines preferred taupe. The general ruled that color was no functional factor, decreed that all must wear blue-and thereby saved $115,000. Beyond tussling with buckles and bloomers, however, the new agency effected some notable economies in military procurement. Examples...
Asset for Longevity? In the human X chromosome, the gene for red-green color recognition is located fairly close to those for G-6-PD and for the blood factor that gives protection against hemophilia B. So color blindness, G-6-PD deficiency and this form of hemophilia are inherited according to the same pattern. Nearly always, in the conception of a female, the X chromosome from one healthy parent will carry the normal gene, and one is enough. But a man must get his X chromosome from his mother, and if she carries the defective gene...