Word: favor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Furthermore, the President has not convinced those nations that attended the Manila conference -- and the General is supposed to visit them --that the United States does not seek a purely military solution. Regrettably, Eisenhower has gone on record in favor of "whatever is necessary" to "win" the war. His mission to the Far East will do nothing to change the unfortunate impression of most Asians that America wants only to defeat Communists...
...Vermont's Senator George Aiken states flatly: "I've held that Romney is the most promising man we have. He could win." Among other Republican Senators, New Jersey's Case, Kentucky's John Sherman Cooper, Hawaii's Hiram Fong and Maine's Margaret Chase Smith also are said to favor...
...modern industrial world. Britain's once-binding ties of trade with the Commonwealth have continued to loosen, dropping in 1956 from 40% of all British trade to a mere 28% last year. British public opinion-including an estimated 90% of businessmen-has clearly swung round in favor of joining Europe...
...stood Chairman Mao himself, who recently so reticent, managed to mutter: "Long live the Chinese people!" Lin Piao, Chairman Mao's closest comrade-in-arms, paid special attention to the new Long Marchers. With swarms of Red Guard visitors still in the capital, he said he was in favor of such treks-"as long as they are conducted in a planned, organized and well-prepared...
...money in such real estate developments as Denver's fashionable Cherry Creek Shopping Center. His first wife, Marjorie Mclntosh, was rich from Household Finance Corp. interests, and his present wife is the daughter of Horace Bennett, a Denver real estate tycoon. The Buells have asked only one favor: to be buried on the campus. The grateful trustees offered even more: they voted to change the school's name from Colorado Woman's (generally agreed to be rather dreary) to Temple Buell College...