Word: favor
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Within his own party, L.B.J.'s Viet Nam policy won strong backing. The evidence is that 56% of Democrats who favor his renomination cite his position on the war as the main reason. In contrast, Senator McCarthy of Minnesota, whose explicit aim in running is to attack that policy, has so far drummed up scant support. Nor does an avalanche of write-ins appear imminent for Bobby Kennedy, another critic of the war policy, who is not on the ballot and has discouraged any campaigning on his behalf...
Though New Hampshire Democrats heavily favor Johnson, only 28% named sincerity as one of his strong points. Johnson is in trouble with the rest of the New Hampshire voters. In 1964 he beat Goldwater in a state with 149,000 registered Republicans and 89,000 registered Democrats. Now, 63% of Granite Staters say they want to see him defeated in November...
...student's] life as a responsible human being and citizen," but the glances seem at best sidelong. The "delicate balance" between the University, "dedicated to the advancement of knowledge," and the College, "whose purpose is the development of the individual," is not-so-delicately weighted in favor of the University; perhaps because no one really knows what the College should be doing...
...when air support came in, Communist artillery made the most of the low-flying weather: in 446 sorties by U.S. helicopters, Communist guns scored strikes against no fewer than 60. Said Lieut. General Robert E. Cushman Jr., commander of 1 Corps forces: "The gods of war were in their favor...
...course is that "serious problems of poverty and wealth inequality have been skimmed over as has been the government's role in contributing to these problems," according to Thomas Dublin '67-4, one of the organizers of the seminar. "There is no consideration that the results of economic policy favor big businesses in war-related industries," he said...