Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York has always had its detractors, and out-of-towners often find odd comfort and perverse joy in discussing its faults and inconveniences. But many people who once loved the city are now regretfully finding their passion growing cold. "There's a morale factor that's missing," says Marion Javits, wife of the New York Senator, "that magic and loveliness I used to adore. More than ever, the people are not lovely, or gentle, or likely to say 'excuse me.' It's as though New York no longer feels loved." While New Yorkers may feel...
...thin air may have been a boon to Oregon's Dick Fosbury, whose unorthodox, over-the-bar-backwards, high-jumping style propelled him to an Olympic record height of 7 ft. 41 in. It certainly did nothing to slow down Bill Toomey, whose speed afoot was the major factor in his decathlon victory...
...Fuel. Aboard the Alpha Helix, Biochemist Eberhard Trams of the National Institutes of Health discovered that the brain's control of the pituitary gland was a major factor in the sudden aging of the salmon. As the fish enters fresh water, he found, the pituitary quickly grows to more than twice its normal size, and the central nervous system fails to maintain control. The gland then triggers a metabolic speedup that burns away practically all of the fat in the salmon's body. Biochemist Andrew Benson, associate director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, explains...
This Saturday's game should prove a match between two stingy defenses. Nationally, Harvard ranks third in defense against scoring, yielding only 41 points. Penn, which has allowed 45, ranks fifth. If the game is close, a key factor could be Penn's Eliot Berry, who has booted eight field goals...
...FULP, assistant Vice President of Unity and its chief loan officers, explained in a recent interview that discriminatory policies of commercial banks have consistently forced black people into economic slavery at the mercy of loan sharks and finance companies. "Place of residency is given more weight than any other factor when commercial banks grant loans," he said. "Slum residents are eliminated solely on the basis of where they live. This drives those who can least afford it to finance companies and loan sharks who charge unreasonable interest...