Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...factor in U.S. race relations and politics that has come to be known as backlash is more than merely the reaction of some white people to Negro rioting or cries of "black power." The attitude of many white Americans is influenced by the belief that the Negro has made great gains in a relatively short time, and that he now would do better to stop agitating and consolidate what he has won. At the same time, much of the new black militancy is a result of frustration over what many Negroes consider their snail's pace of progress. Beneath...
...Harvard Undergraduate Council votes against sharing Lamont. Cited as one reason for the decision was the "Male emotional stability factor." Later, the HUC takes a poll: 62 per cent of the respondents agree...
...area of your fair and objective article. It makes it appear as if I found the Screen Actors Guild "thoroughly infiltrated by Communists." This is not so. There undoubtedly were Communists in the guild, but because of our use of a secret ballot, they were never a factor. Indeed, it was the guild that was one of the leaders in the successful fight to keep the film industry from falling under the domination of other unions that were Communist dominated. I am proud of my long association with the guild, and would not want any inadvertent misinterpretation to cast...
...major factor in the decline of provincialism is the great postwar population growth and its impact on education. Ivy League colleges, which once comfortably filled their rosters with native sons and sons of native sons, now take a large proportion of their students from across the U.S. Conversely, the new competitive scramble for places has driven many Easterners to colleges their parents had never heard of. There has also been a concurrent upgrading of university standards across the country. Stanford and Chicago, Antioch and Duke are the second choice of many an Ivy Leaguer's son. And Westerners...
...also responsible for keeping everyone in tune, determines the proper bowing for the strings, an all-important factor in correct phrasing. When the maestro wiggles a meaningful finger, the concertmaster responds accordingly and, in an instantaneous chain reaction, his lead is followed by each row of string players and ultimately by the entire orchestra...