Word: factors
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...time factor worked in Andrews' favor. The University, afraid of slowing design and thus construction, allowed him a relatively free hand in the design...
...most important factor in radio's power is that it hurdles the literacy barrier. "I cannot read and I cannot write," says a Peruvian mining peon, in some wonder, "but I am learning through my ears." Highly conscious of what can be taught through hearing, a group of Peruvian businessmen, political leaders and educators founded and funded ERPA (Escuelas Radiofonicas Populares Americanas) with the aim of making listeners "better farmers, better cattlemen and better Peruvians." Operated as a nonprofit venture, ERPA is sending educational broadcasts to people who live as far as 15,000 ft. up in the Andes...
While McCurdy has been a major factor in the team's success with his aggressive coaching methods (Runner: "What can I do to run faster Coach? McCurdy, "Run faster") and unusual meet style (He dresses in sweat clothes and races madly around the course shouting strategy and encouragement), most of the runners give equal credit to the leadership of the captain, Englishman Jim Baker...
Considering the gloomy prospects which were held out for the poverty program six months ago, Thursday's House passage of the Johnson Administration's anti poverty bill was a significant victory. Sargent Shriver, whose skillful legislative diplomacy was a major factor in the bill's success, said the felt "almost like the Boston Red Sox." The various programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity were not scattered among other government agencies, as foes of the bill had threatened. Nor were any of the controversial programs of the OEO, such as the Job Corps eliminated...
...inoculating the mother during a crucial three-day period following the birth of her first child. Heretofore, the problem has been that during childbirth, the bloodstream of the Rh-negative mother is invaded by hundreds of thousands of the red blood cells of the child, each carrying the factor that makes it Rh-positive. During the next few weeks, her system reacts to the foreign cells by developing active antibodies that can then attack the blood of all subsequent children...