Word: favor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...written.' I then rounded out the dozen greatest-in-my-opinion novels of all time. They included, in order, three more by Dostoievsky, three by Tolstoy, four by Turgeniev, one by Gogol-all Russians. 'Would you dare,' I asked, 'oust any of them in favor of Dickens...
...fifth period were leading by a score of 5 to 3 1-2. However the Crimson mallet men soon rallied and in one chukker of brilliant riding marked up five points. When they led their tired ponies off the sawdust field the score stood 9 1-2 6 in favor of the University team. The team will now have a rest until the ground hardens so that they may resume practice outdoor...
Commenting on the plan of the First National Corporation to allow Harvard men opportunity to try-out for positions as actors in their institution, Mr. Lyon said. "I am in favor of the project, but I believe it will prove quite expensive. Only the experiment will determine its expediency. At present there are not many college men in Hollywood who have advanced far as actors, but more are coming there every year...
...favorite college next to Yale", differ widely as to whether the coveted second place should fall to Princeton or Harvard. "Ac" prefers Cambridge culture by a 12-point margin but the husky engineers of "Shef" are apparently repelled by Harvard's reputed aestheticism, and pass her by entirely in favor of Princeton, Dartmouth and Smith. Consequently, in the combined total Princeton takes a considerable lead...
...discovery; a discovery that begins with the thrilling adventures of Marco Polo. Few realize the ancient connection between China and the west; that trade between Greece and Korea throve in the first century of our era; that in 1307 Pope Clement, V. constituted Pekin an archepiscopal see in favor of a missionary Franciscan: John of Montecorvino, or that purely Mongolian types appear in some of the Sienese paintings of the thirteenth century...