Word: favor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...March 15] represents an escalation of the war. Our Commander in Chief cannot hope for the U.S. to win unless the enemy is deprived of his weapons. This means North Viet Nam must be sealed off from her sources of supply. We did Japan and Germany a favor by destroying the old systerns. Let's do the Communists a favor and give them a beating...
...officials came over to the Kennedy camp immediately, and although Johnson forces vowed resistance in every district, Kennedy seemed likely to capture a good share of the convention votes. In Ohio, where Johnson's strength had seemed impervious to McCarthy, there were some defections in Kennedy's favor. Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, previously a Johnson supporter, announced himself a free agent. Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis publicly recalled his admiration for Kennedy, while Vermont Governor Philip Hoff came out for him officially, as did Massachusetts Democratic Chairman Lester Hyman. In Oregon, Representative Edith Green became a leader...
...little uncertainty on the Minnesotan's part is thus understandable. Fortnight ago, he announced he would enter the South Dakota primary; last week he said maybe not. Kennedy strength has been growing there. At Bowdoin College, McCarthy said he would "favor" Johnson over Richard Nixon in the general election; later at Racine, he mused aloud that, if eliminated himself he might be neutral next fall. "I have a commitment," McCarthy cracked, "as chairman of the [Senate] subcommittee on Africa that I might honor at the time with a last great safari...
...left-leaning members of other parties, Italy's left-including the Communists-would have far more to say about government policy. To that end, the Communists are urging voters to back any leftist can didate and are withdrawing a third of their own former Parliament seat holders in favor of new faces and some prominent "independent" candidates with leftist leanings...
...such old friends as Darryl F. Zanuck, Spyros P. Skouras and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at the Americana Hotel. The earl first fell in with moviefolk back in the 1930s, when they donated movies to entertain the crews on Royal Navy warships, so it was only natural to return the favor by helping out at a fund-raising drive for show business's Variety Clubs International charities. Queen Victoria's great-grandson found Manhattan's haute cuisine smashing good, and said the same for the city's low life, capping a party-filled stay with a visit...