Word: disfavorable
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Soap is in disfavor on the New York stage. In two plays now current-You and I and The Comedian-characters acknowledge for purposes of comedy that they are manufacturers of that substance. Soapmaking is in stageland the acme of the prosaic...
Poland: Despite the disfavor shown to Poland on account of French loans, an agreement is under way to exchange Polish manufactured goods for Russian raw materials...
Only a few months ago, at the time Italy decided to throw in her lot with France on the Ruhr problem, Mussolini strongly favored a Continental bloc composed of Italy, France, and subsequently Germany. This was when the great Premier looked upon Great Britain with some disfavor...
...more thoughtful part of the press, as well as all the prominent educationalists, have been outspoken in their condemnation of it. But, to our knowledge, no one has arisen in its defence. In fact even the publishers, who might be expected to profit by the measure, have declared their disfavor...
Revolutionary times and sentiments cast Brattle Street, now "Tory Row" into great disfavor. False alarms in April, 1776, sent citizens in wild flight to "a place called fresh pond" to escape a rumored attack by British troops on the town and college, that "hotbed of rebellion". As we all know, the few college buildings became barracks, while professors and students sought what quiet they might find at Concord...