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Astrology fell into disfavor beginning in the 15th century, he says, but pockets of belief existed even with the rise of astronomy. The famous astronomist Johannes Kepler, for instance, was a convinced astrologer...
...with the New Deal, some of the programs were poorly conceived and ineffectual. Others are now taken for granted as a part of the political biosphere, programs whose worth neither party would dare contest. But it was the overarching scheme, and dream, that fell into disfavor. Reform was no longer experienced as something performed for the people but as something performed on the people. In an age of belated racial redress, white America -- the rank and file, the lower-middle class -- felt itself under siege. With jolting suddenness, the old alliance fell apart. Liberalism was coded as the elevation...
Meeting with Yeltsin on Dec. 16, Baker stressed that the U.S. would "look with disfavor" on any effort to humiliate Gorbachev. Yeltsin's reply was reassuring: "Gorbachev should be treated with respect. It's about time our leaders can be retired with honor...
...1/2-ton trucks were kept in the gallery's garage and driveways to transport the artworks in the event of a threatened attack. Each week security staff would start the trucks' engines and make sure the gas tanks were full. By the early 1970s the plan had fallen into disfavor. "It lost its appeal when Lynchburg became more of a likely bombing target because of some industrial development," recalls Charles Parkhurst, the National Gallery's former assistant director...
Doctors tend to be pretty conservative people, professionally and politically. Most counsel moderation, make good money (average yearly income: about $160,000) and look with disfavor on various schemes to nationalize health care. Not surprisingly, they often vote Republican...